GraphQL seems to be spreading like wildfire, and there's a reason for that. As REST APIs are proliferating, the promise of accessing them all through a single query language and hub, which is what ...

Learn how the open standard for querying data is different from REST and Swagger, and how you can use it to build more flexible and responsive APIs. When most software developers think of web APIs, we ...

Among the many ways of implementing a GraphQL engine, only one approach offers the same performance, scalability, and ACID guarantees as the underlying database. When we talk about advantages of ...

Anyone who's ever tried to build distributed applications (dApps) on the (Ethereum) blockchain would concur: Although blockchains are conceptually quite close to databases, querying databases feels ...

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GraphQL is both an open source query language for an API and a server-side runtime for executing queries. It enables the use of a type system that developers define for their data. GraphQL is rapidly ...

There is so much talk about data that it’s almost become a cliché. It’s true that data is being generated at an ever-increasing rate. That increase brings challenges for storing and managing the data, ...

GraphQL lets you create data access services without writing controllers. Instead of writing procedural code, you declare schemas describing what queries you'll accept and what you're willing to ...

Since its launch a few years ago, GraphQL platform Hasura has made it easier for developers to use GraphQL by simplifying the process of connecting their data sources to their applications and then ...

APIs underpin most modern software systems. Whether you’re building a SaaS dashboard, a mobile app, or coordinating microservices, how you expose your data shapes your velocity, flexibility, and ...