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peter shenoda • Edited

Apollo GraphQL is good ( for a team of developers ) , but if you want to see your project alive as fast as possible you can use strapi or directus and a framework like bootstrap will help you in styling and positioning elements so you can focus only on your dynamic frontend.
note : strapi has graphql support and you can use it Gatsby if you want ( Gatsby uses GraphQL ).

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Bret

I recently went for creating a MERN project to get better at MongoDB, it’s starting to make more sense and the flow of what you do when. BUT, Apollo-GraphQL interested me so I went for a MERNG / MERN+AG and I like it, it seems like a better, handling/structure? Of how things are made and used. BUT, I am getting caught up on “steps” from creating one query of getPosts vs getComments and how to split up the resolvers, models and Scema... i like it tho

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peter shenoda • Edited

Have you watched the FreeCodeCamp's MERNG video i think it will be helpful for you.
link : youtube.com/watch?v=n1mdAPFq2Os&t=...

this book is good too : studycrux.com/book/roadtoreactcom-...

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Bret

Yes, I’ve been using that example, but it kinda takes a while untill he try’s to get it to work in a way. How Important is “User” when you trying to first get the hang of/ flow of things? The user part messes me up a little.

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peter shenoda

What about the book

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Bret

I’ll get it! With GraphQL by itself vs using Apollo GraphQL, how much of a difference is there?