How to Build a GraphQL eCommerce App from Scratch

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  • SurveyJS - Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App
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  • wundergraph

    WunderGraph is a Backend for Frontend Framework to optimize frontend, fullstack and backend developer workflows through API Composition.

  • The key here is to decouple your frontend and your backend, bridging the gap with GraphQL and clever management of content rendering...and that's why WunderGraph - a tool to bring together REST, GraphQL, and all your datasources into a single, secure, typesafe, end-to-end avenue for all of your user experiences - makes perfect sense.

  • Tailwind CSS

    A utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development.

  • An intermediate knowledge of React/Next.js, TypeScript, and CSS (I'm using Tailwind here because I love utility-first CSS; but Tailwind classes translate quite well to pretty much any other styling solution because it's literally just a different way to write vanilla CSS).

  • SurveyJS

    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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  • Strapi

    🚀 Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS. It’s 100% JavaScript/TypeScript, fully customizable and developer-first.

  • So let's take a look at how we can bring some of these JAMstack technologies - Next.js, Strapi, GraphQL, and Snipcart - together in a way that lets you build the exact shopping experience for your users that you want, while making zero compromises on developer experience.

  • Next.js

    The React Framework

  • So let's take a look at how we can bring some of these JAMstack technologies - Next.js, Strapi, GraphQL, and Snipcart - together in a way that lets you build the exact shopping experience for your users that you want, while making zero compromises on developer experience.

  • jamstack.org

    The official Jamstack site

  • A snappy, responsive, intuitive experience for your shoppers is critical, so the JAMstack - JavaScript, APIs, Markup - has proven popular for eCommerce. However, that's not all you need.

  • foundation

    GraphQL Foundation Charter and Legal Documents (by graphql)

  • So let's take a look at how we can bring some of these JAMstack technologies - Next.js, Strapi, GraphQL, and Snipcart - together in a way that lets you build the exact shopping experience for your users that you want, while making zero compromises on developer experience.

  • fake-store-api

    FakeStoreAPI is a free online REST API that provides you fake e-commerce JSON data

  • The next part is busywork. You'll have to add your actual data next (Content Manager -> select a Collection Type -> Create New Entry, rinse and repeat for each product in your catalog) I'm seeding example data from FakeStoreAPI, so according to that, this is what my Content Types look like.

  • 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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