0 of 22 chapters written · 3 levels planned
GraphQL
One endpoint, a real type system
Not written yet
The schema, resolvers, and the N+1 problem — then federation, caching, and the security tradeoffs behind a production GraphQL API. Beginner through advanced, laid out the same way as the rest of the shelf.
The plan
- chapters planned
- 22
- levels
- 3
- chapters written
- 0
What is planned, level by level
Every stop below is an outline for now. Open one to see what it will cover.
Beginner
“I can build a working GraphQL API.”
7 sections
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- soon
- soon
- soon
- soon
Intermediate
“I can design a real schema.”
8 sections
- soon
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Advanced
“I can run GraphQL in production.”
7 sections
- soon
Meanwhile
Nothing here is written yet, but these are.
Three honest notes
The N+1 problem and DataLoader get their own intermediate chapter because it's the single most common "why is this GraphQL API slow" answer — it deserves more than a footnote inside resolvers.
GraphQL vs REST vs tRPC is placed in advanced, not beginner, on purpose — that comparison only means something once you've actually built resolvers, pagination and auth in GraphQL yourself.
Federation is the deepest, most infrastructure-shaped layer — most teams building a single GraphQL API never need it, but the advanced tier doesn't skip it.