Название: The Road to GraphQL: Your journey to master pragmatic GraphQL in jаvascript with React.js and Node.js Автор: Robin Wieruch
Издательство: Lean Publishing
Год: 2019-04-05
Формат: epub/true pdf
Страниц: 354
Размер: 1.8 Mb
Язык: English
This book is not intended to be an end-all reference for GraphQL APIs, nor an in-depth guide about the internals of the GraphQL specification. Instead, its purpose is to journey through learning GraphQL with jаvascript the pragmatic way, building client and server applications yourself. The book covers lots of facets about GraphQL in jаvascript that are important for building modern applications, without just throwing the libraries like Apollo at problems before experiencing them. It starts with the basic HTTP requests to perform GraphQL queries first, then moves on to using dedicated GraphQL libraries for it. You will even get the chance to implement your own GraphQL client library, so you understand how these libraries work under the hood. There are no hidden abstractions in this book, just plenty of fundamentals for jаvascript, React.js, Node.js, and GraphQL.
Requirements
To get the most out of this book, you should be familiar with the basics of web development, which includes some knowledge of HTML, CSS and jаvascript. You will also need to be familiar with the term API, because they are discussed frequently. I encourage you to join the official Slack Group for the book, help or get help from others.
React
On the client-side, this book uses React to teach about GraphQL in jаvascript. My other book called The Road to learn React teaches you all the fundamentals about React. It also teaches you to make the transition from jаvascript ES5 to jаvascript ES6. The book is available for free and after having read the Road to learn React, you should possess all the knowledge to implement the GraphQL client-side application with this book.
Node
On the server-side, this book uses Node with Express as library to teach about GraphQL in jаvascript. You don't need to know much about those technologies before using them for your first GraphQL powered applications. The book will guide you through the process of setting up a Node application with Express and shows you how to weave GraphQL into the mix. Afterward, you should be able to consume the GraphQL API provided by your server-side application in your client-side application.