Newcomers to React often start with applications that don't need data fetching at all. Usually they are confronted with Counter, Todo or TicTacToe applications. That's good, because data fetching adds another layer of complexity to your application while taking the first steps in React. However, at some point you want to request real world data…
Finding the right solution for a given problem is not always simple, and web applications build with GraphQL are a good example of how changing times make for constantly evolving challenges. Moreover, evolving challenges create a scenario where the solutions must also evolve, so even the number of choices becomes a task. This article will decipher…
When it comes to network requests between client and server applications, REST is one of the most popular choices to connect both worlds. In REST, everything evolves around the idea of having resources that are accessible by URLs. You can read a resource with a HTTP GET request, create a resource with a HTTP POST request, and update or delete it…
In a previous application, you have used Apollo Link State to substitute React's local state management with it. Even though it wasn't necessary, because it is most often sufficient to manage local state with React only, it has shown you how it can be achieved with local queries and local mutations when using Apollo Link State. However, it needs to…
You may have used a GraphQL client library that was view-layer agnostic and thus able to work with React or other solutions like Angular or Vue. Other GraphQL client libraries like Relay and Urql aren't so powerful, because they are used only for React. The next chapter is to illustrate how to implement a GraphQL client library that works with…
Step-by-step is often the easiest way to learn something new, so it's fortunate that learning GraphQL in JavaScript teaches both the client and the server-side of an application. Seeing both sides of the web transactions is useful, but the catch is you have to learn two environments. The step-by-step mentality can be difficult to apply here, so I…
It's time to get you started with a minimal Apollo Client in React application that can be used as boilerplate project. There will be sections later on where you can use this application as starter project, but also you may want to experiment with it on your own. After all, it gives you all the necessary parts to consume GitHub's GraphQL API in…
Often you run into the case where you have to mock your GraphQL server for your GraphQL client application. It can be for testing your GraphQL client or when your GraphQL server is not (always) available for development. Then it comes in handy to know how to mock your GraphQL server. The following tutorial will show you how to do it for Apollo…
There are many people out there questioning how to deal with local data in a React application when using Apollo Client for remote data with its queries and mutations. As shown in previous applications, it can be done with React's local state management. When the state management for the local data reaches a point where it becomes too complex , it…
In this tutorial, you will learn how to combine React with GraphQL in your application using Apollo. The Apollo toolset can be used to create a GraphQL client, GraphQL server, and other complementary applications, but you will use the Apollo Client for your React client-side application. Along the way, you will build a simplified GitHub client that…
