Deploying GraphQL in a Serverless Context - React Rally 2016

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1. Deploying GraphQL in a Serverless Context Kevin Old - @kevinold
3. What is a Serverless architecture? How GraphQL fits into a Serverless architecture How to get started with Serverless + GraphQL Immediate use cases Pros and Cons Agenda
4. Serverless? it’s ok to roll your eyes, no really, it is :)
5. Function as a Service (FaaS)
8. Write single-purpose stateless functions Design push-based, event-driven pipelines Create thicker, more powerful front ends Embrace third party services Use a compute service to execute code on demand Principles of a Serverless Architecture
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10. Lambda is really cool, but is a massive pain to setup
15. Click "Create a Lambda function" Choose a Blueprint function Configure how it is triggered (API Gateway, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, etc.) Configure the function Runtime (Node.js 4.3) Memory Timeout Lambda function code (in WYSIWYG editor) Handler path inside container Role creation Policy creation VPC access
17. "Optimize human time, not machine time" via https://medium.com/apollo-stack/how-to-build-graphql-servers-87587591ded5
18. Automation for working with AWS Lambda, etc.
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20. 101 $ npm install -g serverless@beta $ serverless create -t aws-nodejs $ serverless deploy $ serverless remove
21. 101 Function Event Resource (S3, Dynamo, IAM, etc) Service
29. + Using GraphQL + Serverless to serve up endless Dad Jokes
36. Pros No longer managing servers Not running server(s) 24 / 7 Scale instantly Serverless, Apex, etc. AWS, Google, Microsoft, IBM solutions Pay only for what you use
38. Marketing site (S3) + Form Mobile backends Background Jobs (Image resize, log processing) CMS and low-bandwidth BFF's (Backend's for Frontend’s) Any pre-compute stored (S3) for later retrieval Startups / Prototyping products Test, Dev and Staging environments Immediate Use Cases
39. Server-rendered React Security/Compliant heavy apps Read-only API’s Anything with an SLA High throughput / availability Possible, but not a good fit?
40. Cons Limited documentation/examples Latency Best practices are still being defined Security Offline development Serverless (v0.x stable, v1 beta), Apex, etc.
41. Debugging whoas
42. Cons
43. Thanks! https://github.com/kevinold/ serverless-graphql-dadjokes @kevinold kevin@kevinold.com