GraphQL and Relay with Nick Schrock

GraphQL is a query language for managing client-server interactions.

Relay is a new way of structuring client applications that co-locates data fetching with view logic.

These technologies complement the paradigm shift of React and other Facebook technologies.

Nick Schrock is the co-creator of GraphQL and an engineer on product infrastructure at Facebook.

Questions

• How does REST manage client server interaction?
• Before GraphQL, how did Facebook deal with typical client-server issues?
• If a developer wants to work with GraphQL, do they need to use Relay as well?
• Could you describe a mutation in Relay?
• Why do Relay and GraphQL work nicely with React?
• How does GraphQL fit into the Flux architecture?

Links

• GraphQL Introduction
• GraphQL Specification
• Relay:  A JavaScript Framework for Building Data-Driven React Applications
• Nick Schrock on JavaScript Jabber

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