Build the API You Want to See in the World
summary
A production site moves from a CMS REST API to a GraphQL façade that transforms ugly JSON into a GraphQL schema, consolidates multiple REST calls into a single query, and cuts client payloads that were using less than 50% of returned fields. The team prototypes for a week, implements resolvers with Apollo and GraphQL Playground, gains auto-generated schema docs, shields the frontend from CMS swaps, and enforces clear presentational/container boundaries and smaller, purposeful responses.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:08Context
- 3:08Problems
- 6:47Why is this bad
- 11:39The solution
- 12:44Instant documentation
- 14:30Good patterns
- 17:48Product friendly
- 20:11Shoes API
- 20:44GraphQL API
- 21:45Enforce structure
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