Practical GraphQL: Learning Full-Stack GraphQL Development with Projects

Master the query language that is revolutionizing how websites are developed and built. This book is a hands-on guide to GraphQL, and will teach you how to use this open source tool to develop and deploy applications quickly and with minimal fuss.

Using a project-based approach, you’ll learn how to use GraphQL from the ground up. You’ll start with the basics, including set up and key details regarding queries and mutations, before moving on to more advanced topics and projects. Over the course of the book, you will gain a thorough understanding of the web development ecosystem from frontend to backend by building React applications using Prisma Apollo Client and MongoDB.

After completing this book, you’ll be equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to turbo charge your own enterprise projects.

What You’ll Learn

• Understand what GraphQL is and how to use it
• Distinguish between queries and mutations, and how to leverage them
• Gain a greater knowledge of full-stack applications with React, Apollo Server, and Apollo Client
• Create a full stack application with React and Prisma

Who This Book Is For

Developers and engineers who want to learn about GraphQL so that they can implement in their enterprise React projects. This book is aimed at both backend developers and full stack developers who want to learn to create backend queries using GraphQL.