GraphQL: The Good Parts

[DSchau]

Topic

GraphQL, JavaScript, NodeJS

Title

GraphQL: The Good Parts

Summary

GraphQL has taken the web by storm, with some calling it a "REST killer." What can we make of this? What value is provided by migrating or developing a new or existing service to GraphQL? What are the pitfalls, pain points, or areas where migrating might not make sense? This talk intends to provide answers to each of these questions while also serving as a gentle introduction to what GraphQL does and how you can begin using it today.

Supporting Info

Presentation | Blog Post

Scheduling

• is this a talk that you already have prepared or do you still need time to
  get it ready? how much time would you need to have it ready for a meeting?

Already prepared!

• is this a practice run for a talk that you are giving at another event? if
  so, when is that event?

No.

• would this talk work better as a lightning talk or as the only talk of the
  night?

Only talk of the night. It's a solid hour/hour and a half of content.

• anything else that would help us decide an appropriate month?

Ideally not in August (which could mean July--?--or after August). I'm giving a talk at MidwestJS in August, so want to reserve that for talk prep.

• do you have a preferred hosting location?

Nope!

Presentation

• will you be presenting from a mac or windows machine? (this gives us an idea
  of what options are available to connect to the presentation equipment)

Mac

• are the ports available limited in any way?

Just need HDMI.

• do you have your own adapters for connecting to a projector, etc?

No.

You

• would you like your name displayed the same as your github profile?

Yes.

• do you have a twitter handle that you would like displayed on the site?

@schaudustin