Onboarding to the schema
Onboarding refers to the process of familiarizing oneself with a large schema. It typically involves understanding the structure, relationships, and types within the schema. When onboarding to a big schema, one is often faced with a large number of lines of code, making it challenging to navigate and comprehend. The section aims to provide alternative ways to expedite the onboarding process by utilizing visualization techniques.
To start, you need to open your GraphQLEditor desktop app or use your GraphQL Editor cloud account, then clone the GraphQL Editor repository shown in the Technical requirements section.
Once done, copy the schema code from the chapter repository to the GraphQL Editor code pane. Then, on the right of your screen, you should see the following graph:
Figure 13.2: A full schema graph (don't worry about reading all of the text; this is just an overview of the screen)
As you can see, there is a lot...
