023 jsAir - Transitioning from REST to GraphQL with Lee Byron and Steven Luscher

Transitioning from REST to GraphQL with Lee Byron and Steven Luscher

Description:

We've heard about GraphQL quite a bit. We know that there are problems with REST and GraphQL solves many of those problems. But now we have a new problem: Transitioning from REST to GraphQL. Let's talk about what it takes to do that well and how services need to adapt to this new way of thinking about data access.

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Links, Picks, and Tips:

Lee ByronLinks: Awesome GraphQL and LokkaPicks: Suspension, a novel

Steven LuscherLinks: Zero to GraphQL on GitHub (https://github.com/steveluscher/zero-to-graphql), Zero to GraphQL Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBGzsb2UkeY), Wrapping a REST API in GraphQL blog post (http://graphql.org/blog/rest-api-graphql-wrapper/), Charles, Apollo, and postgraphqlTips: When you arrive at an n-way stop at the same time as one or more vehicles, who should go first? Take your right hand, and point it to the right of you. If you’re pointing at nobody, it’s your turn to go!Picks: Music: Spirits – The Strumbellas and Book: The Lost Chord – Conrad Amenta

Dan AbramovTips: Colocate selectors with reducersPicks: Reason, React Tiny Renderer, Learn Redux, Mark Erikson’s link collections, and Apollo Client

Kent C. DoddsTips: Colocate AMAR (as much as reasonable)Picks: LGTM, Code Cartoons - A cartoon guide to Facebook’s Relay, and Aphrodite - CSS in JS done right

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