graphql-node Tutorial

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In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to build an idiomatic GraphQL server entirely from scratch. You are going to use the following technologies:

• graphql-yoga: Fully-featured GraphQL server with focus on easy setup, performance & great developer experience. It is built on top of Express, apollo-server, graphql-js and more.
• Prisma: Prisma replaces traditional ORMs. Use the Prisma client to implement your GraphQL resolvers and simplify database access

• GraphQL Playground: “GraphQL IDE” that allows to interactively explore the functionality of a GraphQL API by sending queries and mutations to it. It’s somewhat similar to Postman which offers comparable functionality for REST APIs. Among other things, a GraphQL Playground…

  • … auto-generates a comprehensive documentation for all available API operations.
  • … provides an editor where you can write queries, mutations & subscriptions, with auto-completion(!) and syntax highlighting.
  • … lets you easily share your API operations.

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Section adding a database, command prisma deploy results with:

λ prisma deploy
? Set up a new Prisma server or deploy to an existing server? Demo server
? Choose the region of your demo server nikolaj-ivancic-fde3e6/demo-eu1
? Choose a name for your service hackernews-node
? Choose a name for your stage dev

Written endpoint `https://eu1.prisma.sh/nikolaj-ivancic-fde3e6/hackernews-node/dev` to prisma.yml

Creating stage dev for service hackernews-node √
Deploying service `hackernews-node` to stage `dev` to server `prisma-eu1` 1.1s

Changes:

  Link (Type)
  + Created type `Link`
  + Created field `id` of type `ID!`
  + Created field `createdAt` of type `DateTime!`
  + Created field `description` of type `String!`
  + Created field `url` of type `String!`

Applying changes 2.1s

Your Prisma GraphQL database endpoint is live:

  HTTP:  https://eu1.prisma.sh/nikolaj-ivancic-fde3e6/hackernews-node/dev
  WS:    wss://eu1.prisma.sh/nikolaj-ivancic-fde3e6/hackernews-node/dev

You can view & edit your data here:

  Prisma Admin: https://eu1.prisma.sh/nikolaj-ivancic-fde3e6/hackernews-node/dev/_admin

Additional reading

GraphQL Server Basics: GraphQL Schemas, TypeDefs & Resolvers Explained GraphQL Server Basics: Demystifying the info Argument in GraphQL Resolvers

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