Build hyper-fast and hyper-efficient web applications with GraphQL! This practical, comprehensive guide introduces the powerful GRANDStack for developing full stack web applications based in graph data structures.
In Full Stack GraphQL Applications you will learn how to:
Build backend functionalities for GraphQL applications
Model a GraphQL API with GraphQL type definitions
Utilize Neo4j as a backend database
Handle authentication and authorization with GraphQL
Implement pagination and rate limiting in a GraphQL API
Develop a GraphQL service with Apollo Server
Install Neo4j Database on different platforms
Create a basic frontend application using React and Apollo Client
Deploy a full stack GraphQL application to the cloud
The GraphQL query language radically reduces over-fetching or under-fetching of data by constructing precise graph-based data requests. In Full Stack GraphQL Applications you’ll learn how to build graph-aware web applications that take full advantage of GraphQL’s amazing efficiency. Neo4j’s William Lyon teaches you everything you need to know to design, deploy, and maintain a GraphQL API from scratch. He reveals how you can build your web apps with GraphQL, React, Apollo, and Neo4j Database, aka “the GRANDstack,” to get maximum performance out of GraphQL.
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.
What's inside
Building a GraphQL backend using Neo4j
Authentication and authorization with GraphQL
Pagination and GraphQL abstract types
A basic frontend application using React and Apollo Client
Deploying to the cloud with Netlify, AWS Lambda, Auth0, and Neo4j Aura
About the Author
William Lyon is a Staff Developer Advocate at Neo4j, where he helps developers be successful building applications with graphs. Prior to joining Neo4j, he worked as a software engineer at startups working on systems for quantitative finance, mobile apps for the real estate industry, and predictive API services. He holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Montana and publishes a blog at lyonwj.com
Table of Contents
PART 1 GETTING STARTED WITH FULL STACK GRAPHQL
1 What is full stack GraphQL?
2 Graph thinking with GraphQL
3 Graphs in the database
4 The Neo4j GraphQL Library
PART 2 BUILDING THE FRONTEND
5 Building user interfaces with React
6 Client-side GraphQL with React and Apollo Client
PART 3 FULL STACK CONSIDERATIONS
7 Adding authorization and authentication
8 Deploying our full stack GraphQL application
9 Advanced GraphQL considerations
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