JJ's Mostly Adequate Summary of the Django Meetup: When *Not* To Use the ORM & Goodbye REST: Building GraphQL APIs with Django
The Django meetup was at Prezi. They have a great space. They are big Django users.Goodbye REST: Building APIs with Django and GraphQLJaden Windle, @jaydenwindle, lead engineer at Jetpack.https://github.com/jaydenwindle/goodbye-rest-talkThey moved from Django REST Framework to GraphQL.It sounds like a small app.They're using Django, React, and React Native.I think he said they used Reason and moved away from it, but I could be wrong.They had to do a rebuild anyway, so they used GraphQL.He said not to switch to GraphQL just because it's cool, and in general, avoid hype-driven development.GraphQL is a query language, spec, and collection of tools, designed to operate over a single endpoint via HTTP, optimzing for perf and flexibility.Key features:Query for only the data you need.Easily query for multiple resources in a single request.Great front end tooling for handling caching, loading / error states, and updates.(I wonder if he's talking about Apollo, not just GraphQL. I f…
