The power of GraphQL lies in its flexibility. That is especially the case regarding resolvers, where any local or remote data can be used to fulfill a GraphQL query or mutation. In this post, I’m going to demo a quick example of what this looks like, and a couple gotchas…

In a previous post, we discussed the basics of GraphQL and how it can be a great REST API alternative. In this one, we’ll see how AppSync can be more than just a great API alternative — it gives you a soft landing into the world of GraphQL. Recall our…

An Introduction to GraphQL with AWS AppSync — Eventually, you realize that API development is nothing more than list manipulation. A Better Way to Think About Data The REST is History The basic premise of data transfer and involves requesting and receiving lists. This is simplistic, but it gets to the root of why we’ve developed the technologies and best practices to pass data using web services. RESTful APIs…

This is meant to demonstrate how to create an application AWS-Amplify with a focus on Authentication. Some pages will require authentication, others will not. Please note that I will be assuming familiarity with react and react-router. …

Use Redux! Use Mobx! Just use setState! Redux is functional! Mobx is reactive! `setState` is built-in! But Redux has so much boilerplate! But Mobx is more difficult to debug! But setState doesn’t scale! Why don’t you just use Rematch to abstract the Redux boilerplate? Do I use redux-thunk? redux-saga? redux-observable? …

The code for this walk-through is available here. Note: I will be assuming some familiarity with React in general, including life-cycle hooks and props/state. If you need a refresher, checkout this great article here and the official React docs. An Introduction to React Router Previously, we looked at a very basic example of how one…

The code for this walk-through is available here. Originally posted on the Keyhole Dev Blog. React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces. That’s it. It’s a way to use javascript to define UI elements based on user-defined properties and internal state.

First, hats off to @infinite_red for throwing together a stellar conference. You would think they’ve done a bunch of these with how well organized the whole thing was (Power strips in every row of the auditorium? Killer.). With this post, I’m merely attempting to brain dump some short-term reactions to…