ericclemmons / graphql-demo

Introduction to GraphQL (http://www.meetup.com/NodejsHouston/events/229815892/)

GraphQL Demo

A functioning introduction to GraphQL for Node.js Houston – http://www.meetup.com/NodejsHouston/events/229815892/

This presentation & demo covers the following concepts:

• Benefits of GraphQL over REST.
• GraphQL structure vs. JSON.
• Adding express-graphql to express as a middleware.
• Using GraphiQL's interface.
• Querying a DB via GraphQL (i.e. queries).
• Writing to a DB via GraphQL (i.e. mutations).
• Loading & caching data with dataloader.
• Resources for diving deeper with GraphQL.

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Demo

Running the Demo

First, ensure you have the following dependencies installed:

• MySQL (brew install mysql)
• Node

$ nvm use
$ npm install
$ npm start

Open http://localhost:3000/.

Special Thanks

• Spectacle by @kenwheeler.
• spectacle-code-slide by @thejameskyle.