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

Building CRUD APIs can be a tedious chore. The time spent writing glue code, plumbing layers together and doing repetitive work is often better invested into tasks that actually add value and solve interesting problems. In this article, Alex Ruheni shows how to prototype an e-commerce GraphQL CRUD API using TypeGraphQL, Apollo Server and Prisma for database access. Follow along with Alex to learn more about these great technologies and how they can save you time.

Slash GraphQL is a fully managed GraphQL backend service that pairs well with AWS Lambda. In this post, Apoorv Vardhan demonstrates how to use the Slash GraphQL service along with Lambda functions for custom logic. The article covers how to create a schema, how to get set up locally, how to create a lambda field resolver, and more. Follow along with Apoorv to find out more about how Slash GraphQL and AWS Lambda work together.

Fullstack Serverless GraphQL is a guide that walks developers through how to build apps with Lambda, DynamoDB, Serverless Framework, React, Vue and Tailwind. The app allows users to book vacations to the moon. The frontend projects explore some advanced patterns in Vue as well as implementing Apollo Local State in React as a replacement for Redux. Check out the tutorial to learn more about how these technologies can be used together.

In this article, Majid Jabrayilov demonstrates how to use GraphQL in a Swift app. He begins by introducing GraphQL and the benefits it provides, how the tools provided by Apollo fit in, and how to set everything up in a Swift project. Follow along with Majid to find out how you can use GraphQL in your own Swift projects.