GraphQL's benefits and costs

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• Tanmai Gopal – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Owen Ou – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website

Notes and Links

GraphQL is a querying language with the aim of increasing the productivity of frontend and backend developers. It can make working with React easier, be used as an API for third-party clients, and allow for feature-rich applications to request precisely the data they need. Like any part of your stack, GraphQL isn’t a panacea. The language is still being developed, and has some limitations.

• graphql.org is where you can learn all about GraphQL
• Awesome GraphQL provides a list of GraphQL tools
• learn.hasura.io offers GraphQL tutorials

Check the show notes and transcript for more details.

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