Improving the architecture of your iOS app with GraphQL

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GraphQL lets the client request exactly the fields required, and an open-source Swift client called Apollo iOS implements query-specific code generation so UI code gets code-generated query types (no optional mess) and compile-time validation. It uses a normalized caching store plus query watchers so a mutation returns an ID and updated fields, the cache updates and the UI refreshes automatically. Facebook runs GraphQL at scale (300+ billion requests/day) and GitHub exposes a v4 GraphQL API.

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1. 0:00Introduction to GraphQL
2. 7:58Why GraphQL was created
3. 12:19GraphQL developer experience
4. 20:05GraphQL server architecture
5. 23:46GraphQL client basics
6. 28:45Strong typing with Apollo iOS
7. 33:51Architecting iOS apps with GraphQL
8. 37:22Normalized caching benefits
9. 39:12Benefits for backend teams
10. 41:03GraphQL adoption and community
11. 43:11Pagination in GraphQL
12. 49:53Advanced GraphQL features

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