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Issue 10• Jul 1, 2016

Articles & Videos

Batch, defer, stream, live, and subscribe(opens in new tab)

Sashko Stubailo from Apollo wraps up with React Europe 2016 and discusses hot new features such as request batching, @defer, @stream, @live, and subscriptions. If you haven't seen Lee Byron talking about these concepts, you should definitely at least read this article.

Query batching in Apollo(opens in new tab)

If you've already written a GraphQL app yourself, depending on your architecture you might end up doing a lot of queries. Dhaivat Pandya presents how Apollo implements a feature called "query batching" to make fewer requests without changing your app.

Open Source

GraphQL Toolbox(opens in new tab)

Oleg Ilyenko (author of Sangria) just released an exciting new project: GraphQL Toolbox. As the name suggests it's a collection of useful tools for/in GraphQL such as a GraphiQL-based in-browser HTTP proxy.

graphql-python/gql(opens in new tab)

Syrus Akbary (author of Graphene) began working on a new Python GraphQL client simply called "gql". It aims to bring the power of Relay and Apollo to Python. This seems to be a nice alternative to this simple Python client.

apollostack/apollo-client - PR #320(opens in new tab)

An exciting new feature just landed in Apollo client. Similar to the "mutator configuration" in Relay, Apollo now provides a way to describe mutation behavior in a nice declarative way. This is a big step towards becoming a powerful alternative to Relay.

Community

GraphQL Tech Talk in SF(opens in new tab)

Facebook hosts a tech talk event on July 19 at 6:30pm in San Fransicso. Josh Duck (Engineering Manager) will talk about how Facebook uses GraphQL and Relay internally. Save the date!

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