GraphQL Application Initial Setup

Explore the initial setup process for building a GraphQL application with Go. Learn to initialize the project, define schemas, and generate models and resolvers using gqlgen and UUID libraries to manage blog data efficiently.

We'll cover the following...

Introduction
Initialize the project
Initialize the application
Define the schema
Generate models and resolvers from schema

Introduction

This application is created with the Go programming language and with some additional libraries. The libraries that are used in this project are:

gqlgen: Used for creating a server with its handler.
UUID: Used for creating an ID for data or records inside the storage.

Initialize the project

You may use the following commands to initialize the project if you have to set it up on a local machine. However, it has already been set up for you on the Educative platform.

go mod init domain_name/username/project_name

This is an example of ...

1.Course Introduction

2.Introduction to Web Application

3.REST API Development

4.GraphQL Development

5.Application Deployment

Assessment

6.Appendix

GraphQL Application Initial Setup

Introduction

Initialize the project