Summary

In this chapter, we set up our Node.js server with Express.js and bound the Apollo Server to respond to requests on a GraphQL endpoint. We can handle queries, return fake data, and mutate that data with GraphQL mutations.

Furthermore, we can log every process in our Node.js server. Debugging an application with Postman leads to a well-tested API, which can be used later in our frontend.

In the next chapter, we will learn how to persist data in a SQL server. We will also implement models for our GraphQL types and cover migrations for our database. We need to replace our current resolver functions with queries via Sequelize.

There is a lot to do, so read on for more!