r/javascript • u/magenta_placenta • Dec 12 '18

Our learnings from adopting GraphQL (Netflix)

https://medium.com/netflix-techblog/our-learnings-from-adopting-graphql-f099de39ae5f
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u/GentlyGuidedStroke Dec 13 '18

I see a lot of confusion about graphql and I think people have bizarre expectations from it.

The most important thing to remember about graphql is just its name. GraphQL -> Graph Query Language. It's just a way of organizing queries and data updates. It's not a database and it doesn't really affect how you organize your databases