GraphQL Server Creation - Codepen With Notes

porgeet — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 13:03:46 +0000

Hey all 👋

I've been learning javascript for a while now and still consider myself a beginner. Part of my learning process has involved going back through old projects from tutorials and trying to figure out what I did.

So I'm creating a public codepen with annotated code for myself and anyone who might benefit from it.

This pen in particular will deal with creating a GraphQL server using ExpressJS.

https://codepen.io/porgeet/pen/dyyyevm

Enjoy,
I hope this is helpful

PS - I will be updating this pen the more I understand about GraphQL

Help With Interrelated Data Files for MongoDB?

porgeet — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 16:11:21 +0000

Hi all 👋

I have been wrestling with this issue for ages and getting slightly closer, but the progress is painfully slow. Hopefully someone can help me... 🙏

How can I write interrelated data populate a mongodb database?

Here's an example, I have a series of JavaScript files:

Weapon File - (to go to weapon collection)

[
    {
    name: "Sword",
    damage: 8,
    damageType: ObjectID
    }
]

Damage Type File (to go to damage type collection)

[
    {
    name: "Slicing",
    weapons: [ObjectID, ObjectID]
    }
]

Where ObjectID would refer to the _id of the interrelated data. In this case a weapon would have a damageType and a Damage Type would have a series of weapons.

How would I write those javascript files since the _id field is generated by mongodb?

Any help would be greatly appreciated 😄

Cheers
Pete

DEV Community: porgeet

GraphQL Server Creation - Codepen With Notes

Help With Interrelated Data Files for MongoDB?