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GraphQL is a query language and execution engine tied to any backend service.
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Query: Do this paper has anything to do with GraphQL? #498

Closed stevefan1999-personal closed 6 years ago

stevefan1999-personal commented 6 years ago

https://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~cs265/papers/he-2008.pdf

Because the novel language of the paper is also called "GraphQL", and it precedes the time when the "GraphQL" of FB came out, so I think there will be a brand name issue?

BTW the paper is pretty well written.

IvanGoncharov commented 6 years ago

and it precedes the time when the "GraphQL" of FB came out, so I think there will be a brand name issue?

@stevefan1999 I don't think it a problem since:

  1. GraphQL is not a trademark
  2. As I understand there where no production-ready library/tool implementation of the language described in this paper.

It's almost impossible to come up with a meaningful name that was never used before.

IvanGoncharov commented 6 years ago

@stevefan1999 Did I answer your question? Can I close this issue?

stevefan1999-personal commented 6 years ago

It's okay, just thinking that why this "GraphQL" doesn't really do with graphs at all🤣Now I've found the true "GraphQL".

IvanGoncharov commented 6 years ago

"GraphQL" doesn't really do with graphs at all

Actually, it means that your type system is a graph and you query it. So the query is a set of instructions on how to traverse a type system graph and generate a response tree (JSON). You can visualize type system graphs using this tool: https://apis.guru/graphql-voyager/ The uniqueness of a graphql is that it manages to wrap complex algorithms in the simple syntax that approachable by an average developer without CS degree.

stevefan1999-personal commented 6 years ago

Okay, now this paper really does describe GraphQL😍

IvanGoncharov commented 6 years ago

@stevefan1999-personal You can watch a talk from one of the authors here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNDmVLRKo_M&index=6&list=PLn2e1F9Rfr6lOTXAxwZDlukTVpBxyxeur