Traditional API architectures like SOAP and REST have been powering the web for a long time. But over the past five years, a change towards a more flexible and frontend-driven approach to API protocols has started, using GraphQL. At StepZen, we believe this change is an important one that will…

This tutorial will show how to create a type-safe React application with TypeScript using the Saleor GraphQL API. Also, some basic styling will be added to this application using Bootstrap. Introduction This tutorial will show how to create a type-safe React application with TypeScript using the Saleor GraphQL API. …

Addressing the challenges of caching a GraphQL API using API gateways — GraphQL is often used as an API gateway for microservices, but can also play nicely with existing solutions for API gateways. For example using Kong, an API gateway and microservice management platform. As an API Gateway, Kong has many capabilities that you can use to enhance GraphQL APIs. One of…

SQL is the go-to way to interact with relational databases such as PostgreSQL. When creating an API, either REST or GraphQL, for your PostgreSQL database, you need to know SQL to get your data in and out. Often developers are helped by ORM (Object Relational Mapping) tools to communicate with…

RSS feeds have been around since the 90s as a popular way to get updates from a website. Many websites widely use it, and today it’s becoming the primary way podcasts distribute content around different streaming platforms. …

The Firebase Realtime Database is a NoSQL database hosted in the cloud. Data is synchronized in real time with every client on all platforms (Web, iOS, and Android). The data is stored as JSON and is shared by all of your customers when you create cross-platform apps. …

For many companies, performance is the main reason to go with GraphQL. But is that a valid argument? Often developers compare GraphQL to REST APIs and see the N+1 requests (or over-fetching) as an important reason to go for GraphQL. Let’s put that to the test and explore if GraphQL…

A brief guide to easier load testing — For many companies, performance is the main reason to go with GraphQL. But is that a valid argument? Often developers compare GraphQL to REST APIs and see the N+1 requests (or overfetching) as an important reason to choose GraphQL. Let’s put that to the test and explore if GraphQL APIs…

One of the main features of the GraphQL specification is its type system. The type system is coupled to the GraphQL Schema, closely to the data definitions. Because of this type system, you know what fields are available to use in your operations. By knowing which fields you can query…