Lessons Learned - GraphQL API: Ruby on Rails

Lessons Learned with developing an API with RoR

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1. GRAPHQL API: RUBY ON RAILS LESSONS LEARNED
2. WHO AM I? ▸ Web developer @ RedLight Software ▸ @mjgsilva (twitter / github / wtv)
3. WHO AM I? ▸ Sometimes I take photos

4. WHY GRAPHQL? ▸ Driven by uncertainty
5. REST VS GRAPHQL GET POST UPDATE DELETE QUERY MUTATION
6. GRAPHQL QUERY TYPE INPUT TYPE MUTATION
7. TYPE
8. INPUT TYPE
9. QUERY
10. MUTATION
11. CUSTOM TYPES
12. CUSTOM TYPE
13. #1 FLEXIBILITY: SORT OF
14. #2 FOLDER STRUCTURE
15. PROBLEM
16. TEXT LIVE QUERY
17. #3 THE PUNISHER ▸"
18. # 4: N+1 ▸ https://github.com/ConsultingMD/graphql-preload ▸ https://github.com/shopify/graphql-batch ▸ https://github.com/exAspArk/batch-loader
19. MUTATION: LIVE DEMO
20. UNION: LIVE DEMO
21. #5 AUTHENTICATION ▸ ▸ Devise + Devise-JWT (expect a messy config if your API is public + private)
22. #6 AUTHORIZATION ▸ https://github.com/exAspArk/graphql-guard ▸ https://github.com/ontohub/graphql-pundit
23. #7: LOGGING / PROFILING ▸ Appsignal ▸ NewRelic ▸ Datadog ▸ Prometheus ▸ Apollo Engine
24. #8 DOCUMENTATION ▸ npm install -g @2fd/graphdoc ▸ https://2fd.github.io/graphdoc/shopify/
25. TEXT #9: API VERSIONING
26. Q & A