You're reading from GraphQL Best Practices Gain hands-on experience with schema design, security, and error handling

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835467145

Length 422 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

GraphQL

Concepts

Web Programming

Author (1):

Artur Czemiel

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 - Why GraphQL?

2. Chapter 1: Unveiling the Holy Grail of Communication – GraphQL FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Applying an AI-Friendly Approach to GraphQL

4. Part 2 - Schema-First Design Patterns

5. Chapter 3: Crafting Effective GraphQL Schemas

6. Chapter 4: Building Pipes

7. Part 3 - Exploring Possible Ways to Use GraphQL

8. Chapter 5: Transitioning from REST to GraphQL

9. Chapter 6: Defining GraphQL Transformers

10. Chapter 7: Understanding GraphQL Federation

11. Part 4 - Advanced GraphQL

12. Chapter 8: Executing Schema-First Systems

13. Chapter 9: Working on the Frontend with GraphQL

14. Chapter 10: Keeping Data Secure

15. Chapter 11: Describing Errors in GraphQL

16. Chapter 12: Documenting your Schema

17. Chapter 13: Tackling Schemas with Visualization

18. Part 5 - From an Idea to a Working Project

19. Chapter 14: From an Idea to a Working Project – Backend Development with GraphQL and TypeScript

20. Chapter 15: From an Idea to a Working Project – Frontend Integration with GraphQL and TypeScript

21. Index

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Meeting the need for GraphQL Federation

The OpenFederation Specification is an open specification that aims to make federation in GraphQL a standardized feature, instead of being confined to any proprietary solution such as Apollo Federation. The goal is to standardize how GraphQL schemas declare their federation capabilities and establish a universal way to build gateway implementations.

The Open Federation Specification, which is still in draft status at the time of writing, is designed to evolve GraphQL Federation in a way that it can be adopted across all GraphQL runtimes and tools, ensuring greater interoperability and consistency.

Here are some principal aspects defined in the specification:

Federated schema directives: Details how to use certain directives such as @key, @requires, @provides, and @extends to establish relationships across types and services.
Type system extensions: Defines a set of type system extensions that need to be added by all service...