Talking Drupal #357 - GraphQL

Today we are talking about GraphQL with Alexander Varwijk.

www.talkingDrupal.com/357

Topics

• What is GraphQL
• Common use cases
• Why GraphQL over JSON:Api
• How is it being used?
• How to use it with Drupal
• Is there a standard?
• How do you customize it?
• What resources do you recommend?

Resources

• Book module listener Amit
• Building a GraphQL API - Beyond the basics
• GraphQL API examples
  • Shopify
  • GitHub
• The GraphQL specification repository on GitHub
• The Drupal GraphQL module
• The GraphQL PHP library
• GraphQL in the Open Social Drupal distribution
• Serving GraphQL Subscriptions Using PHP and Drupal
• The GraphQL documentation website
• Production Ready GraphQL - Marc-Andre Giroux
• GraphQL specification for servers and clients
  • http://spec.graphql.org/
  • https://github.com/graphql/graphql-spec/
• GraphQL OAuth
• The GraphQL Compose module
• UrQL
• Relay
• ReScript
• Caching & GraphQL: Setting the Story Straight

Guests

Alexander Varwijk - www.alexandervarwijk.com/ @kingdutch

Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan
John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi
Ryan Price - ryanpricemedia.com - @liberatr