GraphQL is becoming the new way to use APIs in modern web and mobile apps. Free and powerful, concise course that will introduce you to GraphQL and integrating GraphQL into your frontend stack, in the shortest amount of time possible. By hasura.io.
The tutorial explores the fundamentals of GraphQL and the things that make GraphQL especially suitable for modern applications, like its realtime capabilities! The course is light on opinions so that once you grok the fundamentals you can go on to choose your favorite libraries, tools and tailor your workflow.
Key topics and takeways:
- GraphQL vs REST
- GraphQL queries, mutations, subscriptions
- Setting up a GraphQL client with Apollo
- Integrating GraphQL queries in your react app
- Integrating GraphQL mutations with query variables to handle form input
- Updating local state after a GraphQL mutation (form input) using Apollo cache
- Optimistic updates to local state and UI after GraphQL mutations for a slick UX
- Using subscriptions with a subscriptions hook
- Building a real-time feed with notifications using mutations and subscriptions
Detailed free introduction into GraphQL which will take you less than 2 hours. Excellent!
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