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

For a GraphQL event focused on finance, the upcoming API Days London is hosting a fintech-flavored event on November 14th with two GraphQL tracks. The event will have speakers from Financial Times, Fauna, Revolut and more. For the GraphQL community, the newsletter links offers a discount of over 80% off the entrance price for those just seeking to join for the GraphQL track!

The Guild is excited to announce that they’re taking over development of Prisma’s open source libraries graphql-cli, graphql-config, graphql-import, and graphql-binding. They explain the next steps for each of the libraries and even include links to the roadmap discussions. Find out how you can get more involved with the future development of these GraphQL libraries and the open source GraphQL community.

Information about the speakers for GraphQL Summit 2019 is out! This blog gives a preview of the interesting talks that include over 40 speakers from companies like Github, Airbnb, Microsoft, and more. The GraphQL Summit 2019 is also offering several new scholarship programs to build a diverse and inclusive conference.

Get your tickets now for GraphQL Day Bodensee! GraphQL Day Bodensee is a single-day conference focusing on the adoption of GraphQL and how to utilize GraphQL on production level. There will be talks from developers at FormidableLabs, Prisma, GatsbyJS, CodeSandbox, and more. Learn from a lineup of thought leaders and connect with other local developers and technical leaders.

Take a look at this awesome Twitter thread of sketched GraphQL Conf notes. All doodled by Chris Grice! He sketched these notes out for every talk throughout the conference.

A blast from the past! Check out this photo from the Facebook HQ in the early days of GraphQL's creation.

The GraphQL Conf schedule is now live! The event features talks by Lee Byron, Marc Andre-Giroux, Sashko Stubailo, Mirela Iclodean and many more. For more information on how to get your tickets, check out the eventbrite.

The CFP for GraphQL Summit is live until May 24, now is the time to submit your talk! An Apollo blog post shares ideas for talks and the first group of featured speakers.

Working on making the subreddit even more engaging, the GraphQL subreddit recently had a redesign and is always trying to have interesting GraphQL-focused conversations. This week they're trying to have even more conversations in the subreddit by asking people to share their thoughts on the articles that they link out to. With over 4,000 people hanging out there— it's always nice to be in the loop about good channels to discuss GraphQL.

An in depth interview with Lee Byron from the Full Stack Cast podcast, the episode dives into his personal story. The interview covers how he joined Facebook, got involved with Open Source, came up with the idea for GraphQL, and his most recent move to Robinhood. An engaging interview and very enjoyable piece!

The CfP for GraphQL Europe is closing on March 31! If you're working with GraphQL, be sure to share your experience and learnings with the community by submitting a talk for the conference. First-time speakers are more than welcome!

The tickets for GraphQL Day are now on sale! GraphQL Day is a mini-conference that's taking place on April 14 in Amsterdam. Prepare yourself for awesome speakers like by Ken Wheeler, Manjula Dube, Johannes Schickling, Sara Vieira and a lot more.

Need an excuse for a trip to Amsterdam? Here it comes! The GraphQL Europe team is bringing a mini-conference to the Dutch capital. Look forward to great talks by Ken Wheeler, Johannes Schickling, Martijn Walraven and a lot more. Special perk: All GraphQL Day attendees get a free ticket to attend the after-party from the ReactAmsterdam conference the day before.

In a discussion on Reddit's r/graphql community, users weigh in on whether GraphQL remains a viable choice for building new applications. Some contributors highlight the continued relevance of GraphQL's strengths, such as flexibility and ease of use, while others express concerns about its performance and scalability issues. The conversation also touches on the evolving landscape of API design and the emergence of alternative technologies. As the community shares their experiences and insights, it becomes clear that GraphQL remains a popular choice for many developers, but one that requires careful consideration of its trade-offs.

Chris Biscardi covers the benefits of GraphQL over REST in his talk at GopherCon UK. He offers an introduction to GraphQL overall and highlights some tools and tips to working with GraphQL in the Go Ecosystem.

Github has just released a fuller Issue API that uses GraphQL. You can see all of the available new objects in their docs and they are seeking feedback on the interactions. Let them know what you think!

This talk from NebraskaJS by Dustin Schau is aimed to get you up to speed with GraphQL. First touching on how current REST based applications are built, Dustin then goes deep into GraphQL fundamentals and even shows off how you can integrate GraphQL in your client applications.

This post from Eve Porcello of Moon Highway goes over an overview of their new book Learning GraphQL. Alex Banks and Eve have spent countless hours researching, working with, and writing about GraphQL to ensure that students and readers grasp GraphQL fundamentals. If people have a great experience learning, they’ll get excited about working with GraphQL. Check out their book now!

In this episode of ngAir, Bonnie Brennan walks through the ins and outs of GraphQL. From explaining the initial concepts of GraphQL she moves on to breaking down GraphQL clients, diving straight into Angular Apollo. Lastly, stick to the end to hear about some awesome tools to help your engineering workflow.

This talk from React Rally by Eve Porcello is one of the most entertaining and informational talks on GraphQL we've ever seen! Check out this amazing speaker as she explains what every React developer needs to know in 3 components.