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Vue.js 3 By Example

You're reading from   Vue.js 3 By Example Blueprints to learn Vue web development, full-stack development, and cross-platform development quickly

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838826345
Length 320 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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John Au-Yeung John Au-Yeung
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Table of Contents (10) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Creating Your First Application in Vue 3 2. Chapter 2: Building a Vue 3 Progressive Web App FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Building a Slider Puzzle Game with Tests 4. Chapter 4: Building a Photo Management Desktop App 5. Chapter 5: Building a Multipurpose Calculator Mobile App with Ionic 6. Chapter 6: Building a Vacation Booking App with the PrimeVue UI Framework 7. Chapter 7: Creating a Shopping Cart System with GraphQL 8. Chapter 8: Building a Chat App with Vue 3, Laravel, and Socket.IO 9. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

We can easily create a GraphQL API with Express and the express-graphql library. To make GraphQL HTTP requests easily, we use the graphql-request JavaScript GraphQL client, which works in the browser. This lets us set request options such as headers, the query to make, and variables that go with the query easily.

The graphql-request GraphQL client is used instead of a regular HTTP client to make requests to the backend from our Vue app. The graphql-request library lets us make GraphQL HTTP requests more easily than when using a regular HTTP client. With it, we can easily pass in GraphQL queries and mutations with variables.

A GraphQL API is created with a schema that maps to resolver functions. Schemas let us define all the data types of our input and output data so that we don't have to guess which data we have to send. If we send any invalid data, then we will get an error telling us exactly what is wrong with the request. We also have to specify the data fields...

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