Is GraphQL an implementation detail?
Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 113
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Episode description
Sam and Ryan talk about whether GraphQL affects the architecture of an app, and what sort of UI code a well-implemented GraphQL server can replace. They also talk about Sam's experience working on a new side project using Next, Hasura, GraphQL and SWR.
Topics include:
- 2:34 – Finally feeling good about our tech stack. How easy GraphQL makes it to get or update aggregate data.
- 13:42 – Giving frontend developers a query language
- 19:46 - Does GraphQL encourage your JavaScript frontend to become more of a dumb view layer?
- 35:22 – Should you worry about unnecessary requests if they're abstracted behind your data-fetching library?
- 51:58 – Is GraphQL an implementation detail?
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