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GraphQL Essentials

Category: Data, android, ios, github

As an alternative to REST, GraphQL is quickly gaining popularity as a tool for building APIs and fetching declarative data. This Refcard introduces GraphQL concepts such as core design principles, schemas and types, fields, arguments, and lastly, how to secure your GraphQL APIs.

Today, GraphQL powers almost all of Facebook’s data fetching and is used in production by organizations such as IBM, Intuit, GitHub, and Airbnb.

To read the entire Refcard, please download the PDF from the link above.While this Refcard covered the primary benefits of GraphQL and introduced some essential GraphQL concepts, as well as more advanced fundamentals, there are still many topics left to explore. Below is an overview of additional resources available to learn more about GraphQL and tools to simplify the process of building GraphQL applications: This is a preview of the GraphQL Essentials Refcard.

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