What The Heck Is GraphQL?
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Show Notes.
2:00 - What Is GraphQL? (Erin Fox)
8:21 - Benefits Of GraphQL (Akshar Takle)
11:19 - History Of GraphQL (Brian Douglas)
14:01 - Syntax (Chris Biscardi)
17:01 - Schemas (Kurt Kemple)
20:02 - Variables (Swyx)
24:24 - Fragments (Emma Bostian)
25:36 - Directives (Jon Wong)
32:10 - Toolkit (Alan Johnson)
38:49 - React Hooks & GraphQL (Shruti Kapoor)
46:13 - GraphQL vs. REST (Chantastic)
49:20 - When NOT To Use GraphQL (Zach Lendon)
54:37 - Useful Tools For Learning/Using GraphQL (Manjula Dube)
1:01:27 - Making GraphQL Development Easier With Hasura (Rajoshi Ghosh)
1:05:06 - Wins
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