William Lyon

William Lyon is a Staff Developer Advocate at Neo4j, where he helps developers be successful building applications with graphs. Prior to joining Neo4j, he worked as a software engineer at startups working on systems for quantitative finance, mobile apps for the real estate industry, and predictive API services. He holds a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Montana and publishes a blog at lyonwj.com.

books by William Lyon

Full Stack GraphQL Applications
  • August 2022
  • ISBN 9781617297038
  • 264 pages
Included with a Manning Online subscription
  • printed in black & white
  • Available translations: Russian

Full Stack GraphQL Applications teaches you to build graph-aware web applications using GraphQL, React, Apollo, and the Neo4j database, collectively called “the GRANDstack.” Practical, hands-on examples quickly develop your understanding of how the GRANDstack fits together. As you go, you’ll create and deploy to the cloud a full-featured web application that includes search, authentication, and more. Soon, you’ll be ready to deploy end-to-end applications that take full advantage of GraphQL’s outstanding performance.