G raphQL is undoubtedly one of the popular kids on the Web Development playground right now. If you haven’t heard of GraphQL, the TLDR is that it’s a new way to request data from an API. If you’re unsure what an API is, head on over to my illustrated article on WTF is an API? One that’s easier, faster, better, and stronger than the old RESTful API system
If you’re lucky enough to already grok GraphQL, you’ll know the QL stands for Query Language – aka. the language we talk to our GraphQL API in.
It’s not a terribly complex language, but you’ll still need to do some syntax studying to get the hang of it.
Thankfully the magnificent Eve Porcello made an egghead course that runs you through the full GraphQL vocabulary.
It’s a wonderful introduction for anyone new to the GraphQL ecosystem – Eve explains all the parts of the playground interface that are not in the least bit intuitive. I’d been stumbling about in my own GraphQL queries lost and afraid until I worked through this.
Anyways, as usual I drew some things:
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