Building GraphQL Applications in Laravel
45mIntermediate2022-10-06
Authors
Rasheeda Yehuza
Senior Software Engineer
Course details
GraphQL is a query language for APIs that provides a complete and understandable description of the data in your API and makes it easier to evolve APIs over time. GraphQL lets you ask for what you want in a single query by enabling clients to request their own unique data specifications, saves bandwidth, and reduces waterfall requests. In this course, Rasheeda Yehuza shows you how to set up a GraphQL in Laravel (PHP) using Lighthouse to query data. She also explains why GraphQL is important in the current age of API development and shows how to implement a GraphQL API on the users table and model that comes with Laravel.
Skills covered
LaravelBack-End Web DevelopmentFull-Stack Web DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentProgramming LanguagesOpen SourceSoftware DevelopmentOne-Off
Concepts
Introduction
- Build GraphQL apps in Laravel
Understanding GraphQL
- What is GraphQL
- GraphQL versus REST
- Why GraphQL
Introduction to GraphQL Schemas and Types
- The type system
- The object types and fields
- The query and mutation types
- The scalar type
- The enum type
Development Environment Setup
- Prerequisite and development environment checklist
- Setting up Laravel
- Setting up a database with users
- Setting up Lighthouse
- A Hello World GraphQL endpoint
GraphQL Queries
- Diving into GraphQL queries with Lighthouse
- Querying fields in GraphQL
- Querying with arguments
- Querying with aliases
- Using the Lighthouse paginate directive
GraphQL Mutations
- Diving into GraphQL mutations with Lighthouse
- Creating a user
- Updating a user
- Deleting a user
Conclusion
- Exploring more Lighthouse and GraphQL functionalities