1 What is full stack GraphQL?

 

This chapter covers

  • Components that make up a typical full stack GraphQL application
  • Technologies used throughout the book (GraphQL, React, Apollo, and Neo4j Database) and how each piece fits together in the context of a full stack application
  • Requirements for the application we will build throughout the book

1.1 A look at full stack GraphQL

In this chapter, we take an introductory look at the technologies we will use throughout the book. Specifically, we’ll look at the following:

  • GraphQL—For building our API
  • React—For building our user interface and JavaScript client web application
  • Apollo—Tools for working with GraphQL, on both the server and client
  • Neo4j Database—The database we will use for storing and manipulating our application data

Building a full stack GraphQL application involves working with a multitier architecture, commonly known as a three-tier application, which consists of a frontend application, the API layer, and a database. In figure 1.1 we see the individual components of a full stack GraphQL application and how they interact with each other.

Figure 1.1 The components of a full stack GraphQL application: GraphQL, React, Apollo, and Neo4j Database
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1.2 GraphQL

1.2.1 GraphQL type definitions

1.2.2 Querying with GraphQL

1.2.3 Advantages of GraphQL

1.2.4 Disadvantages of GraphQL

1.2.5 GraphQL tooling

1.3 React

1.3.1 React components

1.3.2 JSX

1.3.3 React tooling

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