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A Practical Guide to GraphQL: From the Client Perspective
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Gain insights into GraphQL from a client perspective. Explore practical exercises, React integration, Apollo Client, and a live VM for real-time coding with GitHub’s GraphQL API.

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This course was written to be as practical as possible. It offers an interactive learning experience, starting off with a general introduction to GraphQL and proceeding to allow you to play with GraphQL Queries and Mutations using GitHub’s GraphQL API. After getting you comfortable with the basics of GraphQL, the course moves on to how to use GraphQL with React and then on how to integrate it with Apollo Client. You'll implement an issue tracker application using GraphQL combined with both React and Apollo Client. Finally, with this course Educative introduces its newest feature: A live VM. You will now have access to a terminal with a native look and feel where you can modify code and see changes in real time - all inside your browser!

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59 Lessons14 Quizzes

An Introduction to GraphQL

2 Lessons

Get familiar with GraphQL’s client-driven data fetching and server-client architecture.

What is GraphQL?

GraphQL Server and GraphQL Client

How to Get Started

4 Lessons

Get started with generating tokens, configuring environment, and API interaction for GitHub.

Generating a Personalized Access Token

Using our Personalized Access Token

Interacting with GitHub's GraphQL API

Getting Started with GitHub's GraphQL API

Exploring GitHub's GraphQL API

6 Lessons

Work your way through executing queries, handling organizations, using variables, and mutations in GitHub's GraphQL API.

My First Query

Queries and Organizations

GraphQL Variables

The Structure of a Query

GraphQL Mutations

GraphQL Pagination

Combining React with GraphQL

7 Lessons

Enhance your skills in integrating React with GraphQL for efficient data handling.

Introduction to Writing GraphQL App with React

React GraphQL Query

GraphQL Nested Objects in React

GraphQL Variables and Arguments in React

React GraphQL Pagination

React GraphQL Mutation

Shortcomings of GraphQL in React without a GraphQL Client library

Build a Digital Library Using Gatsby and GraphQL

Project

Introducing Apollo Client with GraphQL

10 Lessons

Dig deeper into utilizing Apollo Client with GraphQL for seamless API integration.

Introduction to Apollo Client

Starting with Apollo Boost

Quiz on Apollo Boost

Executing a GraphQL Query Using Apollo Client

Quiz on Executing a GraphQL Query

Apollo Client with GraphQL Variables, Nested Objects

Challenge: Apollo Client and GraphQL Pagination

Quiz on GraphQL Variables and Nested Objects

Apollo Client and a GraphQL Mutation

Challenge: Implement `removeStar` Mutation

React with Apollo and GraphQL

27 Lessons

See how it works integrating React with Apollo for dynamic GraphQL applications.

Writing your first React with GraphQL and Apollo Client

Configure Apollo Client for React and GitHub's GraphQL API

Quiz on Configuring Apollo Client

Connect Data-Layer to View-Layer: Introducing React Apollo

Quiz on Connecting Data-Layer to View-Layer

GraphQL Query with Apollo Client in React

Quiz on Writing a GraphQL Query with Apollo Client

Apollo Client Error Handling in React

Quiz on Apollo Client Error Handling

GraphQL Mutation with Apollo Client in React

Quiz on GraphQL Mutation

GraphQL Query/Mutation with Higher-Order Components in React

Quiz on GraphQL Mutation with Higher-Order Components

Local State Management with Apollo Client in React

Quiz on Local State Management with Apollo Client

Apollo Client Optimistic UI in React

Quiz on Client Optimistic UI in React

GraphQL Pagination with Apollo Client in React

Quiz on GraphQL Pagination

GraphQL Caching of Queries with Apollo Client in React

Quiz on Caching of Queries

Implementing the Issues Feature: Setup

Implementing the Issues Feature: Client-Side Filter

Implementing the Issues Feature: Server-Side Filter

Apollo Client Prefetching in React

Quiz on Apollo Client Prefetching

Challenge: Commenting Feature

Local Installation Guide

3 Lessons

Practice using React and Apollo Client to set up GraphQL applications locally.

Installing Packages to Use React with GraphQL

Installing Packages to Use Apollo Client with GraphQL

Installing Packages to Use React with Apollo GraphQL

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

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Robin Wieruch

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