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Getting Started with GraphQL

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Key Takeaways

1 Understanding the GraphQL Query Language

2 Working with GraphQL Schemas

3 Building a Server with Apollo Server and Node.js


In this workshop, we’ll dial in the fundamentals of working with the GraphQL. We’ll start with a look at the GraphQL query language to learn how to access data from any GraphQL API. Then we’ll cover best practices with schema design to ensure that you’re building scalable GraphQL services. Then we’ll put everything together by building our own GraphQL API with Apollo Server.


Speaker

Eve Porcello

Owner @moonhighway

Eve Porcello is the owner of Moon Highway, a curriculum development and training company based in Northern California. She is a frequent workshop instructor and speaker, creates video content for egghead.io and LinkedIn Learning, and is the co-author of O’Reilly’s Learning GraphQL and...

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Date

Friday May 21 / 09:00AM EDT (3 hour )

Level

Level Beginner

Topics

GraphQL

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Prerequisites

  • A Web Browser
  • A Basic Understanding of JavaScript
  • Optional: A Code Editor of Some Sort (VSCode, Sublime Text, etc.)

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