Introduction to GraphQL with Prisma (v1)

GraphQL is one of the biggest buzz words in web development right now. 

But what is it, and what can it do for your projects?

GraphQL can be a replacement for the traditional REST API, which is a much more flexible approach to getting the data your application needs. 

*** Please note this class uses Prisma v1 ***

This course is designed to give you a good understanding of what GraphQL is, and how it can be used to create a backend (server/API) for any frontend, such as a website or mobile device.

GraphQL is compatible with most popular programming languages, and we will cover a Javascript/Node.js based approach in this course.

GraphQL can seem intimidating when first trying to understand it, but we will cover all of the fundamentals you will need to get going, along with applying everything to a project.

This course also covers how to use Prisma, which we will use model our data, and interact with our database.

Since GraphQL is designed for the backend, we will not be creating a traditional website or app, instead we will be creating the backend (server & database) for a movie review application.

We will use a tool called the GraphQL Playground to interact with our server and test everything works as it should.

The course is fully project based so everything you learn will be immediately fit into a project to see how it works.

Here are some of the key things you will discover during this course:

• Setting up a web server using GraphQL Yoga
• Working with sample data in our project to get up and running
• Type definitions and resolvers
• Queries, mutations and subscriptions
• Scalar and custom object types
• Using the context to work with custom data
• Relationships between our types and data
• Nested data and resolvers
• Setting up Prisma and a database
• The data model and directives
• Writing and querying the database using Prisma methods
• How to auto generate a Prisma schema
• Checking if data exists and creating connections

Although this course is aimed at GraphQL newcomers, a little background in Javascript will really help. Along with a basic overview of web concepts such as frontend, backend, server, database etc, this is not essential, but it will help you get the most out of this course.

If you are wondering what all the hype around GraphQL is, or looking to get into the backend world of web apps, then this is the course for you! 

*** You can find attached to the project section of this course all of the course code, for each stage, to help with any problems or typos you may encounter

And also a sample data file we will use for the course ***