swapi-graphql VS amplication

My first introduction to GraphQL was roughly 7 years ago, about a year after it was initially announced by Facebook. My first taste was using the "SWAPI," The Star Wars API, GraphQL wrapper that the team at Facebook created. You can view the source code for it here. It was an eye-opening experience, GraphQL felt like a game changer, but I only had an excuse to use it once joining Amplication.

Other GraphQL clients offer similar functionality for testing and interacting with a GraphQL API, but this article places greater emphasis on using GraphQL Playground. To test our queries, we will work with the StarWars API.

Have you ever used graphql and more specifically graphiql?

Before getting started we need to find a working GraphQL SWAPI endpoint. The official repo is only for setting up our own server (which is nice to have), but if we don't want to set up a demo server, then we need a ready to use endpoint.

Go to https://amplication.com.

The application used in this demonstration was generated through Amplication, which allows you to generate production-ready backend services - reliably, securely, and consistently.

Setting up Auth0 authentication in your Amplication application is easy. You can use the Auth0 plugin to add the required dependencies and configuration files to your application. The steps are as follows:

Additionally, you can use tools like Amplication to bootstrap your Node.js applications easily and focus on these parallel processing techniques instead of wasting time on (re)building all the boilerplate code for your Node.js services.

In addition, Prisma is supported by microservice code generation tools like Amplication. Prisma plugs directly into the code generated by Amplication. By doing so, you can utilize Prisma as an ORM layer for your databases and generate microservice code with ease in just a few clicks.

We've prepped dozens of issues spanning various domains like bug fixes, UI/UX improvements, documentation enhancements, and more.

Amplication, is a powerful open-source backend development tool engineered to streamline and accelerate web application creation. It offers a user-friendly interface and a comprehensive feature set, making it a valuable resource for developers and organizations aiming to swiftly develop robust, scalable applications while conserving time and resources.

In this example, I will create 3 Node.js services (shipping, notification, and courier) using Amplication, add traces to all services, and show how to analyze trace data using Jaeger.

Amplication lets you auto-generate Node.js code for your microservices, enabling you to build high-quality apps with high-quality code that take extra precautions for the issues discussed above to ensure that your app will not cause any memory leaks (well, at least not in the boilerplate code we generate. The rest... is up to you 😊).