If you haven't heard of GraphQL, the TLDR is that it's a new way to request data from an API. If you're unsure what an API is, head on over to my illustrated article on
One that's easier, faster, better, and stronger than the old
If you're lucky enough to already grok GraphQL, you'll know the QL stands for Query Language – aka. the language we talk to our GraphQL API in.
It's not a terribly complex language, but you'll still need to do some syntax studying to get the hang of it.
Thankfully the magnificent
It's a wonderful introduction for anyone new to the GraphQL ecosystem – Eve explains all the parts of the playground interface that are not in the least bit intuitive. I'd been stumbling about in my own GraphQL queries lost and afraid until I worked through this.
Anyways, as usual I drew some things:
Twitter kept bugging me to make prints out of these illustrated notes, so this one is now purchaseable as a real life object on the
There's framed versions and unframed, depending on how fancy you feel. You can
Take a look at
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