GraphQL vs REST in .NET Core

1

GraphQL

In 2012 Facebook started GraphQL as an internal project. An idea was to increase the flexibility of client-server communication, especially for data fetching issues in their mobile apps. In 2015 GraphQL had became open source, which resulted in growing GraphQL popularity also in fortune 500 companies:.

#Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #JavaScript Framework 223 social mentions

2

GraphQL Playground

Now we can consume created GraphQL API. In the GitHub Repo same functionality has been added with REST approach and GraphQL endpoint. Also widely used Swagger configured for Web API Endpoints as well as AltairUI added for GraphQL endpoint testing. Naturally, AltairUI it not a must for GraphQL, you can also use Swagger, GraphiQL, or GraphQL Playground.

#GraphQL #APIs #Realtime Backend / API 11 social mentions

Now we can consume created GraphQL API. In the GitHub Repo same functionality has been added with REST approach and GraphQL endpoint. Also widely used Swagger configured for Web API Endpoints as well as AltairUI added for GraphQL endpoint testing. Naturally, AltairUI it not a must for GraphQL, you can also use Swagger, GraphiQL, or GraphQL Playground.