In this episode, I chat with Gerard Klijs, a microservices developer who contributes to open source GraphQL projects, all about GraphQL, including subscriptions, queries and mutations.
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Questions Asked
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- Tell us about your background.
- Explain what a microservice is.
- Can microservices be hosted in AWS Lambda?
- What do you like the most about GraphQL?
- What is introspection?
- What's the difference between REST and GraphQL?
- Tell us about over fetching and under fetching in REST APIs.
- What are some challenges with GraphQL?
- Is GraphQL language agnostic?
- Is GraphQL protocol agnostic?
- Can GraphQL be used as a "front end" to combine multiple data sources?
- What is a GraphQL schema?
- What are GraphQL queries?
- What are GraphQL mutations?
- What are GraphQL subscriptions?
- What is a scalar in GraphQL?
- What is an object in GraphQL?
- What are input types in GraphQL?
- What are fragments in GraphQL?
- What are resolvers in GraphQL?
- What are enums in GraphQL?
- What are interfaces in GraphQL?
- Tell us about Apollo, Yoga and other tools available for GraphQL.
- What tools do you need to run and implement GraphQL?
