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Donn Felker

Kaushik Gopal

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In this episode, we talk about GraphQL. Friend and GDE Mike Nakhimovich helped create the library Apollo for Android, which is the defacto official GraphQL client for Android.

In this first part of two, we take a step back and first try to understand what GraphQL is, why one would use it, how Mike set out to create and contribute Apollo for Android and his journey and satisfaction with open sourcing it when he worked at the New York Times.

If you've ever been interested in GraphQL, this is a good show to get you up to speed.

Shownotes:  http://fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/125/

In this episode, we talk about GraphQL. Friend and GDE Mike Nakhimovich helped create the library Apollo for Android, which is the defacto official GraphQL client for Android.

In this first part of two, we take a step back and first try to understand what GraphQL is, why one would use it, how Mike set out to create and contribute Apollo for Android and his journey and satisfaction with open sourcing it when he worked at the New York Times.

If you've ever been interested in GraphQL, this is a good show to get you up to speed.

 
[Download directly][1]

## Show notes

*   [GraphQL][2]

### Sample GraphQL servers

*   [Github explorer][3]
*   Star Wars [api][4] [GraphQLCMS visualization][5]
*   [Shopify GraphQL Explorer][6]

### Resources

*   [React, Relay and GraphQL: Under the hood of the Times website redesign][7]
*   [The New York Times - Now on Apollo][8]

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 [1]: http://audio.simplecast.com/700776fa.mp3
 [2]: http://GraphQL.org/
 [3]: https://developer.github.com/v4/explorer/
 [4]: https://swapi.co/
 [5]: https://graphiql.graphcms.com/simple/v1/swapi
 [6]: https://help.shopify.com/api/custom-storefronts/storefront-api/GraphQL-explorer
 [7]: https://open.nytimes.com/react-relay-and-GraphQL-under-the-hood-of-the-times-website-redesign-22fb62ea9764
 [8]: https://open.nytimes.com/the-new-york-times-now-on-apollo-b9a78a5038c
 [9]: https://appcenter.ms/
 [10]: https://twitter.com/friendlymikhail
 [11]: https://twitter.com/fragmentedcast
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 [14]: https://twitter.com/kaushikgopal/
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Donn Felker

@donnfelker

Kaushik Gopal

@kaushikgopal

Fragmented · May 28, 2018

125: GraphQL and Apollo with GDE Mike Nakhimovich (Part 1)

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Sample GraphQL servers

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