Build Robust, Safe, and Flexible APIs with GraphQL
GraphQL changed the way data is transferred between applications.
As you will work through this book, we hope you won't just add GraphQL to your toolbox, but also develop a new way of thinking about data models, APIs, and full-stack development.
GraphQL - and it's huge ecosystem - give you tools to create and consume flexible, easy-to-use, type-safe APIs.
Usage Driven: It encourages users to define queries that specify what data to fetch in a granular way.
Intuitive: GraphQL delivers you only the data that you request, in the exact format that you requested
Self-descriptive: GraphQL schemas are strongly typed and define a strict contract between a query and its response.
GraphQL embodies many lessons learned from API design that enforces several best practices into one solution, and in Fullstack GraphQL we show you how to use these tools with practical code-driven examples.
What's in the book
Fullstack GraphQL is the busy engineer's guide to building real-world GraphQL servers and clients with examples in Node.js, React, TypeScript, and Apollo.
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π Hey there! I'm Gaetano, a co-author of this book
I'm a Software Architect and Entrepreneur from London. I've been a consultant for adopting React and GraphQL in companies like The Times, YLD, and others.
I've encountered tons of real-world challenges implementing GraphQL in the real-world and I've condensed my learnings down into this book.
π Hi! I'm Roy, the other co-author of this book
I lead engineering teams at Vandebron and teach folks how to use React and GraphQL through conference speaking and writing.
Implementing a flexible, optimized GraphQL server is tricky, but in this book, I'll show you how.
Table of Contents
- Why GraphQL?1
- Usage-driven-fetchingΒ
- Comparison vs. REST APIsΒ
- Hello GraphQL2
- Using the PlaygroundΒ
- First GraphQL QueriesΒ
- Basic GraphQL App Clients3
- GraphQL in Node.jsΒ
- GraphQL in ReactΒ
- Apollo Client and React4
- Setting up ApolloΒ
- React Apollo HooksΒ
- Typescript and GraphQL5
- graphql-codegenΒ
- Building queries and mutationsΒ
- GraphQL Server and Databases6
- Handling paginationΒ
- Mutation resolversΒ
- Caching and batching7
- Optimized queriesΒ
- Batching with DataLoaderΒ
- TypeORM and TypeGraphQL8
- Setting up the ORMΒ
- Writing resolversΒ
- Authentication and Authorization9
- Using JWTΒ
- Resolver authenticationΒ
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