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GraphQL Best Practices

GraphQL Best Practices

By : Artur Czemiel
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GraphQL Best Practices

GraphQL Best Practices

By: Artur Czemiel

Overview of this book

In the ever-evolving landscape of web development, GraphQL has emerged as a powerful query language that addresses the limitations of traditional REST APIs. This guide delves deep into GraphQL, starting with its foundational principles and swiftly advancing to complex topics that will equip you with the skills you need to understand this technology. As you progress, you’ll cover advanced concepts such as schema design, security enhancements, and error handling. You'll also explore essential topics such as federation and the transition from REST to GraphQL, gaining a comprehensive understanding of these critical areas. The book helps you learn through practical examples in TypeScript, guiding you through building scalable and secure GraphQL backends. Additionally, you’ll get up to speed with the intricacies of frontend integration. By the end of this book, you’ll have the skills you need to implement real-world GraphQL solutions, creating efficient and robust applications that meet modern web development demands.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
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Part 1 - Why GraphQL?
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Part 2 - Schema-First Design Patterns
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Part 3 - Exploring Possible Ways to Use GraphQL
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Part 4 - Advanced GraphQL
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Part 5 - From an Idea to a Working Project

Crafting Effective GraphQL Schemas

GraphQL provides its architects with the freedom to create their own schemas, and over the years, I have come across various methods of doing so. However, what I’m about to write here is very important – errors made at the beginning of schema design will haunt an entire team throughout a project.

Problems that can arise from a poorly designed GraphQL schema include unauthorized access to data, over-fetching, chaos and messiness, forced execution of a large number of queries instead of one, and unclear relationships between objects. Although GraphQL makes it easy to make changes, they will later require migrations of individual system components. Therefore, proper planning and dedicating time to editing the schema before starting implementation is essential.

In this chapter, we will focus on making sure the schemas we create are easy to use and understand. As we already know, GraphQL – when used as a source of truth –...

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