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Petry DeChamp Richardson
Petry DeChamp Richardson

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I'm learning graphql and I love it so far

So I'm learning graphql for a new project at work and so far it's pretty awesome. I like the concept.

I'm using https://www.howtographql.com which is super useful.

What is your experience with it?

Tips? Warning? suggestions?

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Ivica Batinić

Anyone switched from JSON:API to GraphQL recently? How you felt? Was it relieving?

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Tamara Temple

i began with ruby-graphql on a legacy app a couple of years ago, at the same time learning react and using apollo client. it's been an adventure. i am to the point now i understand it as well as i understand rest, and very much prefer it, mainly for the client's sake.

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Alex K.

Have you got to Apollo React hooks yet? Those are awesome, decreased the code on some of my components almost in half :D

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Andrii Tynok

I've been working with this technology for about a year now, but I only understood the basic principles of it until recently. A few days ago I finished fullstackopen.com course from Helsinki University (totally free) which has a section on GraphQL. If you're looking into more advanced stuff with GraphQL, this course gives a great basis for it, strongly recommend

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Mat Silva

Using Apollo rest link on the front-end since backend is all REST. Wish I used it on a project at my previous company.

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KP

Anyone using GraphQL on top of MySQL? ANy tips on how to get started?

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Christopher Bloom • Edited

Prisma (prisma.io/) is a great way to approach MySQL and GraphQL.

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Isa Levine

I just started working with GraphQL and Ruby, and I absolutely love the concept too. Just wanted to wave and say hi, excited to see where you go with it! :)

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Giovanni Cortés

I love GraphQL and Elixir. Preparing a Elixir/Phoenix/Absinthe/GraphQL tutorial

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Andrés

Hi here I’m my experience I loved work graphql with react and Apollo library but the best integration with a database is with this library to nodejs graphile.org/ and if you learn more about Row Level Security you will have a pro stack with graphql.

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Andrés Pérez

Pretty neat tool, really fun to work with. Definitely has its use cases.