GraphQL at Lifely

GraphQL at Lifely

• intro
• A short Lifely history
  • webapplications
    • php REST angular
    • meteor DDP blaze
    • node GraphQL react
  • experience with nonstandard API’s
• I wanted more REST!
  • ”RESTfulness” debate
  • problems
    • embedded queries / parameter hacks
    • linking entities
    • verbs/methods on no entities
    • documentation? → swagger
    • versioning
• collaboration frontend team
  • documentation / handover
  • writing stubs / contracts
• GraphQL gives us options
  • graphql as API → mongodb/postgres (toptaal)
  • graphql as Integration → own backend + REST (hva)
  • graphql as Proxy → old legacy python app
  • graphql as convenience → graphql API + separate REST API
• challenges
  • resistance / cutting edge risk
    • github
  • time to implement → codarts
  • streaming api’s
  • restrict heavy load queries → prepared queries bynder
  • subquery optimization → jesse / bryan