August Meetup

GraphQL is the topic for the evening!

We'll cover the topic with two amazing speakers who will span what GraphQL has to offer. Come prepared with curiosity, questions, and an open mind.

** Intro to GraphQL by Will Sterling **

An introduction to GraphQL and why you may want to use it on your next project or migrate your current API.

“GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime for fulfilling those queries with your existing data. GraphQL provides a complete and understandable description of the data in your API, gives clients the power to ask for exactly what they need and nothing more, makes it easier to evolve APIs over time, and enables powerful developer tools.” - http://graphql.org

Will Sterling is a staff software engineer at Wowza Media systems where he works on their GraphQL API that enables the ClearCaster video encoder appliance.

** Have Some Empathy for UI developers and Use GraphQL by Christopher Langager **

We’ll take a look at implementing a server using Apollo GraphQL with plenty of live demos. Topics include:

• schema design considerations
• code generation for type safety
• data loaders for efficient data fetching
• how GraphQL fits into your system architecture