Getting Started with GraphQL and Apollo

Given during the Facebook Developer Circle Cebu event.

This talk is about GraphQL, giving an overview of how to send GraphQL operations (queries, mutations) through its query language syntax, and how to perform such operations in a React project using Apollo.

Transcript

1. Getting started with GraphQL and Apollo Arnelle Balane Software Developer, Newlogic
2. #FBDevCCebu #DevCGoesToCebu
3. GraphQL
4. GraphQL a syntax that describes how to ask for/manipulate data
5. GraphQL ...and a runtime for fulfilling these data requests
6. a syntax that describes how to ask for/manipulate data lets the client specify exactly what data it needs
7. ...and a runtime for fulfilling these data requests uses a type system to describe and resolve data
8. instagram-graphql.arnelle.me
9. GraphQL is just a specification
10. Apollo an implementation of GraphQL
11. glitch.com/~instagram-client
12. glitch.com/~instagram-server
13. Source Code github.com/arnellebalane/instagram-graphql github.com/arnellebalane/instagram-client github.com/arnellebalane/instagram-server
14. Resources graphql.org apollographql.com
15. Thanks!