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Lukas Fittl
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GraphQL ❤ PostgreSQL -- P.S. aka BeatQL
The Easy Way to Persisting Data in React
https://github.com/lfittl/beatql
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Transcript
GraphQL ❤ PostgreSQL The Easy Way to Persisting Data in
React @LukasFittl
Lets talk about State
https://xkcd.com/1653/
State
State State State State
State State State State State State State
State Store
State Store “The Server”
Serverless != Stateless
“The Server” “The Server” “The Server”
“The Server” “The Database” “The Server” “The Server”
“The Server” “The Database” “The Server” “The Server”
<===> State <===> <===>
Picking a Database
MySQL MongoDB PostgreSQL CockroachDB RethinkDB Cassandra Dynamo
MySQL MongoDB PostgreSQL CockroachDB RethinkDB Cassandra Dynamo
Why PostgreSQL?
1. Fast & Reliable 2. Deploy Anywhere 3. 100% Open
Source, Community Included Why PostgreSQL?
1. Fast & Reliable 2. Deploy Anywhere 3. 100% Open
Source, Community Included Why PostgreSQL?
1. Fast & Reliable 2. Deploy Anywhere 3. 100% Open
Source, Community Included Why PostgreSQL?
Advanced Query Planner It also has: UPSERT Complex Types JSONB
JOINs Window Functions CTEs High Availability LISTEN/NOTIFY
What We’re Going To Build
Dashboards & Stuff
Dashboards & Stuff
None
github.com/ FormidableLabs/react-music
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Lets build a GraphQL Backend for react-music
GraphQL + PostgreSQL + react-music = BeatQL github.com/lfittl/beatql
Choosing a Backend Library
graphql-js + pg-promise
graphql-ruby + pg
postgraphql https://github.com/calebmer/postgraphql
[ $ new library ]
[ $ new library ]
graphql-js + pg-promise + dataloader
Figuring Out The Schema
Songs, Sequencers, Instruments
SQL!
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GraphQL!
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Sample Data
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Based On relay-starter-kit
github.com/lfittl/beatql
data/
data/database.js
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data/schema.js
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Getting Only The Data You Need
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data/database-helpers.js
Avoiding N+1 Queries
DataLoader!
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data/database-helpers.js
client/
client/components/ App.js
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[ Demo ]
@LukasFittl github.com/lfittl/beatql FormidableLabs/react-music