Thinking in graphs, or why GraphQL is not about mapping database to schema

Name: Thinking in graphs, or why GraphQL is not about mapping database to schema by Evil Martians
Start: 2019-06-01
End: 2019-06-02

At Saint P RubyConf, June 1–2, 2019 in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Topics

This talk will be helpful for people who do not have any production experience with GraphQL or do not see any benefits compared to REST yet.

We’ll find out what GraphQL is, talk about its philosophy, and answer the following questions:

Video

Slides

Resources

The following resources were mentioned during the presentation or are useful additional information:

Action Policy GraphQL
Action Policy GraphQL
An integration for using Action Policy as an authorization framework for Rails GraphQL applications.
GraphQL-AnyCable
GraphQL-AnyCable
GraphQL subscriptions for AnyCable.
ArLazyPreload
ArLazyPreload
Lazy loading associations for Active Record models.
Fixturama
Fixturama
A collection of helpers that allows writing elegant Ruby tests.
How to GraphQL with Ruby, Rails, Active Record, and no N+1
How to GraphQL with Ruby, Rails, Active Record, and no N+1
November 9, 2020
Active Storage meets GraphQL pt. 2: exposing attachment URLs
Active Storage meets GraphQL pt. 2: exposing attachment URLs
April 23, 2019
A fixture-based approach to interface testing in Rails
A fixture-based approach to interface testing in Rails
May 27, 2019

Building high-performance GraphQL APIs
By Dmitry Tsepelev
Building high-performance GraphQL APIs
May 28–29, 2021Euruko
GraphQL doesn’t need to be hell
Podcast with Dmitry Tsepelev
GraphQL doesn’t need to be hell
Oct 6, 2020Ruby Rogues