How to setup & deploy an Express GraphQL server

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  • graphql-typescript-api-starter

    A starter repo with some solid foundations for a Express GraphQL API written in TypeScript, deploying to Heroku

  • Here's the Github repository if you'd like to review the code.

  • TypeScript

    TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output.

  • We're going to be using TypeScript in this tutorial.

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    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • studio

    🎙️ The easiest way to explore and manipulate your data in all of your Prisma projects.

  • Run this command to open up Prisma Studio, a simple way to explore and manipulate the data in the database:

  • prisma-examples

    🚀 Ready-to-run Prisma example projects

  • This tutorial won't get in to much detail on how to use Prisma - we'll stick to a simple example that you can expand on - their docs are very good.

  • PostgresApp

    The easiest way to get started with PostgreSQL on the Mac

  • If you're comfortable configuring your database server locally (e.g. you might use the Postgres app instead of Docker), you can skip this section.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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