GraphQL Berlin #6

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We're back with the sixth GraphQL Berlin Meetup and fantastic speakers.

As always there will be free pizza and drinks, so please feel free to come and chat with us about GraphQL!

Entry: 6:30pm - Talks begin: 7pm (Talks are 20-25min each plus 5min Q&A - Networking & Snacks afterwards)

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Talk 1: Moving a production API from REST & Microservices to GraphQL

GraphQL has many advantages over RESTful APIs. A lot of companies start thinking about migration paths for adopting GraphQL, which not only come with technological but also with organizational challenges!

Karol Wyszynski and Bogdan Nedelcu from Lokalleads (http://www.lokalleads.com/) will tell us about their adventure migrating a backend infrastructure composed of several microservices around a Java web application to GraphQL. Among other topics, they will talk about why (and when) GraphQL is a good choice, how exactly their migration was carried out and the effects it had for their team on a technological and organizational level.

Speakers: Karol Wyszynski (CTO @ Lokalleads) & Bogdan Nedelcu (Developer @ Lokalleads)

15 min BREAK

Talk 2: Comparing REST and GraphQL: Are you doing it wrong? (Bachelor Thesis)

We no longer need to do multiple roundtrips to get the data we need. We no longer overfetch data. Finally, we can get rid of REST. Or can we? While the discourse around these two mostly predicts that GraphQL will replace REST, it's worth looking a bit closer. This talk is a summary of Linda's Bachelor Thesis and will discuss why an architectural style such as REST can not so easily be replaced by a single technology.

Speaker: Laura Laugwitz (B.Sc. Computer Science and Rails Girls Berlin Organizer)

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