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Beginning GraphQL with React, NodeJS and Apollo
In this book, we take you on a fun, hands-on and pragmatic journey to learning GraphQL development. You'll start building your first GraphQL API within minutes. Every chapter is written in a bite-sized manner and straight to the point as I don’t want to waste your time (and most certainly mine) on the content you don't need.
In the course of this book, we 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Setting up our Todo AppChapter 3: Specifying our SchemaChapter 4: GraphQL QueriesChapter 5: Using MongoDB as our DatabaseChapter 6: GraphQL MutationsChapter 7: Building our React FrontendChapter 8: How GraphQL Really Shines in Connected ObjectsThe goal of this book is to teach you GraphQL development in a manageable way without overwhelming you. We focus only on the essentials and cover the material in a hands-on practice manner for you to code along.
Working Through This Book
This book is purposely broken down into short chapters where the development process of each chapter will center on different essential topics. The book takes a practical hands on approach to learning through practice. You learn best when you code along with the examples in the book.
Requirements
No previous knowledge on GraphQL is required, but you should have basic programming knowledge. It will be a helpful advantage if you could read through my React book first which will provide you with better insight and deeper knowledge in React. But even if you have not done so, you should still be able to follow along.
In the course of this book, we 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Setting up our Todo AppChapter 3: Specifying our SchemaChapter 4: GraphQL QueriesChapter 5: Using MongoDB as our DatabaseChapter 6: GraphQL MutationsChapter 7: Building our React FrontendChapter 8: How GraphQL Really Shines in Connected ObjectsThe goal of this book is to teach you GraphQL development in a manageable way without overwhelming you. We focus only on the essentials and cover the material in a hands-on practice manner for you to code along.
Working Through This Book
This book is purposely broken down into short chapters where the development process of each chapter will center on different essential topics. The book takes a practical hands on approach to learning through practice. You learn best when you code along with the examples in the book.
Requirements
No previous knowledge on GraphQL is required, but you should have basic programming knowledge. It will be a helpful advantage if you could read through my React book first which will provide you with better insight and deeper knowledge in React. But even if you have not done so, you should still be able to follow along.
96 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 1, 2023
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March 11, 2023
A concise but thorough introduction to GraphQL. GraphQL is very popular in API development because it allows you to exchange fewer data between client and server, than your average REST API application.
The author starts by showing how to set up the GraphQL endpoint first with Express, then specifying the schema for a basic Todo app, doing a few queries, connecting Mongo as a DB, and doing mutation queries (updates, deletes). Lastly, a React front-end is hooked up to complete the app.
I found this book useful because the author's style is practical and to the point, which makes the learning process pleasant for beginners.
The author starts by showing how to set up the GraphQL endpoint first with Express, then specifying the schema for a basic Todo app, doing a few queries, connecting Mongo as a DB, and doing mutation queries (updates, deletes). Lastly, a React front-end is hooked up to complete the app.
I found this book useful because the author's style is practical and to the point, which makes the learning process pleasant for beginners.
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