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React + Relay + GraphQL is the Future
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Keith Pitt
November 26, 2015
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React + Relay + GraphQL is the Future
Keith Pitt
November 26, 2015
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Transcript
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@keithpitt
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I’m excited! ⚡
But first…history
+ Probably the Future +
Glad I said “probably”
+ Probably the Future +
+ Probably the Future +
+ + Is the future.
React
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Just the UI Lots of people use React as the
V in MVC. Since React makes no assumptions about the rest of your technology stack, it's easy to try it out on a small feature in an existing project.
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+ Backbone
+ Flux
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Too many random “Restful” JSON endpoints
The server and the client were coupled
Inefficient and slow
Too much code
Lots of boiler plate
Hard to get started
Telstra
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GraphQL
Relay
GraphQL
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CURL -X POST https://api.buildkite.com/v1/organizations/buildkite/ projects/buildkite/23
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CURL -X POST https://api.buildkite.com/v1/organizations/buildkite/ projects/buildkite/23?expand=comments
CURL -X POST https://api.buildkite.com/v1/organizations/buildkite/ projects/buildkite/23/comments
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A specification
It’s represents data how we think about it
It looks like JSON
Simple HTTP Post
You control what data is returned
Typed
Introspection
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IDE integration
Before commit hook validation
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Relay
The glue between GraphQL and React
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Demo
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Batched requests
Partial data fetching
Telstra
Things I skipped:
Things I skipped: Webpack + Rails Mutations Security + Authorisation
Routes Subscriptions ES6,7,8,9,10,xx Probably more…
Get excited ⚡
+ + Is the future.
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CURL -X POST \ -H "Authorization: Bearer xxx" \ https://graphql.buildkite.com/v1
\ -d '{ "query": "query AwesomeQuery { viewer { user { name } } }" }'
Fin ❤ @keithpitt