graphql

A tutorial of GraphQL with Node.js & Koa & MongoDB

Getting Started

Checkout this repository:

git clone https://github.com/evershy/graphql.git

Install dependencies and devDependencies:

cd graphql

npm install

The tutorial use Koa, a expressive HTTP middleware framework for node.js, to run a web server; MongoDB to store data; apollo-server-koa to make a graphql server accessible.

dependencies

• Koa: Expressive middleware for node.js using ES2017 async functions.
• koa-router: Router middleware for koa.
• koa-bodyparser: A body parser for koa.
• graphql: A reference implementation of GraphQL for JavaScript.
• apollo-server-koa: This is the Koa integration of Apollo Server. Apollo Server is a community-maintained open-source Apollo Server that works with all Node.js HTTP server frameworks: Express, Connect, Hapi, Koa and Restify.
• mongoose: Mongoose is a MongoDB object modeling tool designed to work in an asynchronous environment.

devDependencies

• nodemon: Monitor for any changes in your node.js application and automatically restart the server - perfect for development.

License

MIT