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Practical GraphQL: Become a GraphQL Ninja

Tamas Piros

Course duration: 6h 13m

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GraphQL massively improves the efficiency of your web APIs, intelligently reducing data loads to exactly what’s being requested. Practical GraphQL: Become a GraphQL Ninja is a hands-on, practical course teaching the key aspects of GraphQL and how to improve API designs. You’ll begin with the basics, and then work your way through queries, mutations, scalar types, image management, authentication, and authorization. Each new skill will be put into action by developing real-world web applications using JavaScript and React.

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about the subject

GraphQL helps solve issues of over- or under-fetching data from your APIs. This type-based query language gives your clients complete control over the data they request, ensuring that your APIs are faster, more reliable, and much less work for your clients to use! Best of all, you can use GraphQL with any language or stack of tools.

about the video

Have you heard about GraphQL and wanted a smart primer on the basics? Practical GraphQL: Become a GraphQL Ninja sets you up with all the skills you need to implement GraphQL in your APIs. You’ll learn by building four hands-on projects, including extending a React application with authentication and authorization and an application that can display images and upload files using purely GraphQL. At the end of 42 concise lessons, you’ll have mastered GraphQL for uploading files, serving images, and working with a MySQL database.

prerequisites

For web developers familiar with React.

what you will learn

Create custom scalars
Become familiar with Resolvers, Type Definitions (Schemas)
Understand the importance of a data model in relation to GraphQL
Understand how GraphQL queries work, including parameterized queries
Get a working knowledge of GraphQL mutations
Understand how file uploads work using GraphQL
Learn how to serve images in a GraphQL context
Go hands-on and learn how authentication and authorization works in GraphQL

about the instructor

Tamas Piros is a Google Developer Expert in web technologies and a developer evangelist. He has more than a decade of experience delivering technical training to large, prestigious organizations. Throughout his career, he has delivered presentations and training classes all over the world. He is passionate about unlocking the latest & greatest features of web development.

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