Preface
Introduction

Background

Contents
JavaScript
JSON
Git
Node, npm, and nvm
HTTP
Server
Databases
SPA
SSR
React
Vue
Mobile apps
Latency
CDN
Webhooks
Testing
Continuous integration
Authentication
Browser performance

1. Understanding GraphQL Through REST

Contents
Introduction
GraphQL as an alternative to a REST API
A simple REST API server
A simple GraphQL server
Querying a set of data
Filtering the data
Async data loading
Multiple types of data
Security and error handling
Tying this all together

Part I · The Spec

2. Query Language

Contents
Operations
Document
Selection sets
Fields
Arguments
Variables
Field aliases
Fragments
Directives
Mutations
Subscriptions
Summary

3. Type System

Contents
Schema
Types
Descriptions
Scalars
Enums
Objects
Interfaces
Unions
Lists
Non-null
Field arguments
Directives
Extending
Introspection
Summary

4. Validation & Execution

Contents
Validation
Execution

Part II · The Client

5. Client Dev

Overview
Anywhere: HTTP
Client libraries

6. React

Overview
Setting up
Querying
Authentication
Mutating
Advanced querying

Paginating
Client-side ordering & filtering
Local state
REST
Review subscriptions
Prefetching
Batching
Persisting
Multiple endpoints
Extended topics
Linting
Uploading files
Testing
Server-side rendering

7: Vue

Overview
Setting up Apollo
Querying
Querying with variables
Further topics

8: React Native

Overview
App structure
Adding Apollo
Adding a screen
Persisting
Deploying

9: iOS

Forthcoming

10: Android

Overview
Setting up Apollo Android
First query
Querying with variables
Caching
ViewModel
Flow

Part III · The Server

11: Server Dev

Part IV · Extras

Server-Side Rendering

Overview
Setting up the server
Adding React
Adding Apollo

Apollo Federation

Overview
Federated service
Federated gateway
Extending entities
Managed federation
Deploying federation

Server Analytics

Server Analytics

Stripe and Service Integrations

Overview
Making a query
Writing server-side code
Creating persisted queries

Preventing DoS Attacks

Preventing DoS Attacks

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Chapter 4: Validation & Execution

Chapter contents:

Validation
Execution

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