06-07 -2022 GraphQL Landscape Weekly Report

This is a weekly report providing a snapshot of the GraphQL landscape that is of interest to the wider community. Items added to the report may not have occurred in a given week, but were found that week. Things here may change depending on your feedback or improvements in layout or format. Let the experiment begin!

People

Identify the people each week who are doing interesting things within any of the areas below.

Adoption

  • Name: WunderGraph launches OSS project - golang GraphQL implementation
  • Description of Use: At its core, WunderGraph combines the API Gateway pattern with the Backend for Frontend (BFF) pattern to create the perfect Developer Experience for working with APIs.
  • URL: https://github.com/wundergraph/wundergraph

The Beat

Interesting issues on Github

  • Title: [RFC] Add a complete set of GraphQL Document examples for stress testing parsers
  • Description: The GraphQL query language is well specified with a formal grammar but is large enough that there can be subtle edge cases when constructing parsers, especially when the parser is hand written. The language also continues to be extended and library developers must stay on top of changes to the spec.
  • URL: https://github.com/graphql/graphql-spec/issues/954

Interesting discussions on Github

News

Interesting Tweets



Interesting Videos

  • Title: Working with GraphiQL
  • Description: Explore how to work with GraphiQL to explore documentation, perform operations, tabs, prettify operations, variables, request headers, and more.
  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5bzHzqUn9M


  • Title: Deeper look at the data model using GraphQL Voyager
  • Description: In this episode, we'll plunge deeper into the data model, and visualize it by using the GraphQL Voyager. Voyager is powered by the introspection and schema capabilities of GraphQL APIs.
  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRJxGrNuZ-I

Tools



  • Title: Graphbase
  • Description: Grafbase accelerates backend development with next-generation tooling. Deploy globally fast GraphQL APIs with a top-notch developer experience.
  • URL: https://grafbase.com

Events


  • Title: apidays INTERFACE - GraphQL Track, June 9**
  • Description: In 2022, it is expected that you need APIs to do business. Not only have APIs become a necessity for application customers to streamline operations across their business and product suite, they have also become an integral part of product development, business strategy, and scalability.
  • URL: https://www.apidays.global/interface/

Social

Platform Totals
Twitter Followers 77,270
Active on Discord 600-700
LinkedIn UG 2,705
Meetup groups 139 groups 84,314
Github Metrics
Watchers 545
Forks 1,139
Stars 13,770
Stack Overflow Questions 47,209*

  • NOTE: The search function at Stack Overflow now only shows the top 500 questions as a search result. The total number of questions is currently inaccurate and may be removed from future reports.

  • NOTE: I'll be speaking at apidays INTERFACE about the goals and construction of this report. My talk: "How The Karate Kid can teach you GraphQL"