Building Better APIs with GraphQL

Name: Building Better APIs with GraphQL
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Step-by-step guide to building a better and faster API with GraphQL

Created byMatthew Mueller

Last updated 12/2015

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What you'll learn

Create powerful GraphQL APIs
Build APIs faster than ever before
Answer important questions about your data
Glue your data and 3rd party data together into one easy-to-use API

Course content

4 sections • 16 lectures • 2h 23m total length

Introduction7:38
In this lecture we cover the basics of GraphQL and talk about the benefits of using GraphQL over REST.
Understanding the GraphQL Schema4:21
This lecture covers the GraphQL schema syntax in depth
Understanding GraphQL Queries5:14
This lecture covers the GraphQL query language and how these queries relate and are executed against the schema.

Creating our First GraphQL Schema8:32
In this lesson we build our first GraphQL schema using graph.ql.
Implementing our GraphQL Schema19:15
In this lesson we implement our first schema. We talk about how to implement scalars, fill in type implementations and kick off the GraphQL query.

I've attached the final code if you'd like to follow along with the code in front of you.
Adding Filters to our GraphQL Schema2:22
In this lesson we learn about how to add filters to our queries to support rich querying.
Getting Real: Hooking our GraphQL Schema up to a Starwars API19:59
In this lecture we connect our schema to a live API. You will truly understand the power of GraphQL after watching this lecture.
GraphQL on the Server6:55
Up until this point, we were executing queries directly in our editor. In this lesson, we create a server to serve our GraphQL schema. After this lesson you'll be able to query your data by making requests to the server.
Getting to Know GraphiQL10:16
In this lecture, we learn about GraphiQL, which is an editor that makes testing, debugging and administrating GraphQL servers much, much easier. This lecture will make you fall in love with GraphQL a second time.
Optimizing our Queries with DataLoader (Part I)14:31
Up until this point, we were naively making HTTP requests to the Star Wars API. In this episode we look at optimizing and actually simplifying these queries using Facebook's DataLoader.

This is the 1st part of a 2 part lecture.
Optimizing our Queries with DataLoader (Part II)10:01
This is the 2nd part of using the DataLoader. After you finish this lecture, you'll have a production-ready GraphQL server.

Introduction to GraphQL Mutations3:56
In this lecture, we learn about GraphQL mutations and how they work.
What We're Going to Build1:22
In this lecture, I show you what we're going to have created by the end of this section.
Creating our Blog Schema14:32
In this lecture, we're going to implement our Blog schema from scratch.
Serving our Blog Schema8:44
In this lecture, we're going to take our built GraphQL schema and serve and manipulate it using Express and GraphiQL.

Requirements

Basic Javascript Knowledge
Node.js Installed
An text editor
A willingness to learn

Description

This course teaches you everything you need to know about GraphQL. GraphQL was open sourced by Facebook in 2015 and is a fresh new approach to API development.

GraphQL will replace REST in the coming years. Don't just take my word for it though, here's what some other folks on Twitter are saying:

"Just watched a talk on GraphQL, I want this thing and I want it by yesterday" – @sunesimonsen

"I long for the day when GraphQL will be the new API standard." – @xinron

"GraphQL is the King. Long Live the King! (R.I.P. REST)" – @scbarrus

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About this course:

We build two projects from scratch so you have everything you need to know to use GraphQL
Full, free lifetime access
Unconditional Udemy 30 day money-back guarantee - that's my personal promise of your success!
On-screen, over my shoulder view of where to go, what to click on, and how to set everything up from start to finish

What you'll learn:

How the GraphQL schema works so you can use GraphQL on your own servers
How to query GraphQL so you can access and mutate your data
We'll start simple, creating a schema with dummy data
Then we'll hook up our with schema to a live Star Wars API
We'll learn how to query the data, filter the data, and optimize the queries with DataLoader
We'll cover how to put the schema on an Express server so you can get access to your data with just HTTP requests
Then we'll get started with mutations, the GraphQL version of POST, PUT, and DELETE of REST
We'll build a blog API using just GraphQL mutations and queries, tying everything we've learned so far
We'll cover the state of GraphQL Subscriptions, an emerging and evolving standard

So you've read this far! Thank you.

One final and important point

If you've ever had trouble working with REST in the past, it's not your fault. It's been the recommended way of building APIs since 1996. There are countless articles on creating "thoughtful RESTful APIs", but none of them ever seem to apply to what you're working on. GraphQL offers a way out of this madness.

I've been running a GraphQL server in production for the last 3 months and it's sped up our response time, simplified our architecture and made it easier to access our data. I am not alone. Many multi-million dollar companies are also seeing the benefits of GraphQL in production including the Financial Times, Artsy, and Facebook.

Let's get started. Click the "Take this Course" button in the top-right corner right now and I'll see you on the other side.

Matthew Mueller

Who this course is for:

You should take this course if you have data you need to access easily
You should take this course if you want to upgrade your API skills. If you need to access your data in a flexible and reliable way, this course is for you
You should not take this course if you're looking for a React or Relay course. This course covers GraphQL as a standalone technology

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GraphQL Basics3 lectures • 17min

GraphQL Queries8 lectures • 1hr 32min

GraphQL Mutations4 lectures • 29min

GraphQL Subscriptions1 lecture • 5min

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