A weekly newsletter of the best news, articles and projects about GraphQL

Sebastian Scholl from the 8base team shares how they were able to build a full-featured group and aggregations enabled GraphQL API with direct SQL access while still within the confines of GraphQL. Sebastian runs through how they utilize aliases that allows for dynamic types and attribute-names to be used.

Learn about the potential ways to resolve data for a GraphQL endpoint using RESTful APIs and how to utilize Apollo’s REST Data Source library in Khalil Stemmler’s deep dive into an optimized GraphQL server. Find out how request dedication and resource caching works in REST Data Source. The article also provides tips to implement your own resource cache using the apollo-server-caching library.

This article discusses some advanced topics using GraphQL with Apollo SDK and Swift, including the usage of GraphQL fragments and Swift scalar types as well as the pros and cons to using GraphQL. Kristaps Grinbergs demonstrates how to use your own types for custom scalars and improve your code base with custom initializers for your app models.