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Issue 92• Apr 19, 2018

Articles

GraphQL schema delegation(opens in new tab)

Schema stitching and schema delegation still are relatively new topics in the GraphQL community. In this post, the author of the schema stitching functionality in graphql-tools Mikhail Novikov, explains the idea behind schema delegation and its various use cases.

Understanding GraphQL (finally) (opens in new tab)

GraphQL can be difficult to grasp at first - but as soon as it clicks, people get excited about the various possibilities. Erin Fox from Major League Soccer recently had that experience and immediately shared her knowledge via a blog post! Definitely give this article a read if you're still in the camp of not quite understanding the value GraphQL provides.

5 Tips & Tricks for Building GraphQL APIs(opens in new tab)

In this excellent article, Laura Medalia shares a some tips and tricks for building GraphQL APIs. It is especially helpful as she discusses them in the context of her own experience.

Community

Announcing GraphQL Workshop! (opens in new tab)

Eve Porcello and Alex Banks, authors of the O'Reilly "Learning GraphQL" book which is coming out soon, recently announced they're going on a GraphQL Workshop tour. These two-day workshops will teach you everything you need to know about building GraphQL servers and interacting with their APIs from the frontend.

Tools & Open Source

braposo/figma-graphql(opens in new tab)

Bernardo Raposo who recently already built the awesome graphql-css library now created another tool bridging the gap between design and GraphQL tooling. figma-graphql is a GraphQL connector for the Figma Web API.

Strapi introduces GraphQL ?(opens in new tab)

The open-source content management framework strapi just announced that it will now also be possible to query their generated APIs via a dedicated GraphQL layer. The corresponding GraphQL API provides everything you need: CRUD operations, filters, permissions and the possibility to customize the generated GraphQL schema. This is a game-changer for many content creators.

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