Getting Started With GraphQL Development Using Node.js

I’ve been playing around with GraphQL for a little over a month now, just to see if it is worth all the buzz it has been getting when it comes to modern API development. I must say that the more I use it, the more I’m coming to like it.

I recently wrote a few tutorials around getting started with GraphQL using Golang, but being the polyglot that I am, I wanted to see how difficult it would be to accomplish the same in something else, like Node.js. After having made an attempt, I found that it really isn’t any different as it is the same concept, just a different language.

We’re going to see how to get started with developing a web application with Node.js that can be queried with GraphQL rather than the traditional RESTful API endpoint approach.

TPDP Episode #18: Progressive Web Application Development

I’m pleased to announce that the latest episode of The Polyglot Developer Podcast, titled Progressive Web Application Development has been published to all of the major podcast networks.

In this episode, which is the eighteenth on the show, I’m joined by Tara Manicsic who is a Google Developer Expert (GDE) and works for Progress Software, the company behind Kendo UI. We discuss everything from where applications are headed and how they can function effectively as PWAs.

Maintain Data Relationships Through Resolvers With GraphQL In A Golang Application

I recently wrote about getting started with GraphQL in a Golang application, where I discussed the creation of schemas, executing queries, and mutating data, even though it was all mock data. In this example there were queries for related data, but they were constructed in a very independent form.

We’re going to see how to query for related data, similar to what you’d find in a JOIN operation on a relational database, but using GraphQL and the Go programming language.

Scraping Paginated Lists With Node.js, Cheerio, Async / Await, And Recursion

In this tutorial we are going to develop a small Node.js application which will be used to scrape paginated content and export the data to a JSON file. The full source code for the tutorial can be found here.

We will be scraping a list website and saving ten lists per page from the “new lists” section and the final application can be seen below.

Getting Started With GraphQL Using Golang

I’ve been hearing increasing amounts of buzz around GraphQL, a technology that has been around for quite a few years now. In case you’re not familiar, it is a technology for querying API data from a client-front end without having to make numerous requests or receiving unimportant data, both of which may cause negative affects on network latency.

Think of trying to query a relational database. Ideally you write a SQL query for the data you want and you do it in a single request. GraphQL tries to accomplish the same, but from an API consumption level.

We’re going to see how to implement a web application using the Go programming language, but uses GraphQL when working with the data.

3 Of The Best Frameworks For Mobile App Development In 2018

Mobile development is a necessity for every modern business, but there are many ways to get the job done. Many will tell you to go pure native, some will tell you to go hybrid, and others will tell you to use a framework to go cross-platform native.

We’re going to review my top three picks for mobile development frameworks that will thrive in the 2018 year.

A Vue.js App Using Axios With Vuex

In this tutorial we will build a simple Vue.js application which will demonstrate the power of using Vuex as a central data store, where the data will be asynchronously retrieved using Axios for the API requests.

A basic level of HTML, CSS and JavaScript will be beneficial but is not required.