February 2023 Summaries

WunderGraph is a microservices-focused API and infrastructure framework, while Interval is a no-code platform for building internal tools. Combining WunderGraph with Interval allows developers to build internal tools quickly without sharing secrets with third parties. To get started, create an Interval app and install WunderGraph, then run the Interval app and connect it to WunderGraph using a development key. Next, add a WunderGraph API to the Interval app by installing the TypeScript client and generating the necessary code. The example app comes with pre-built operations, which can be added to the Interval app for functionality such as user management and searching. By combining WunderGraph's microservices focus with Interval's no-code platform, developers can create powerful internal tools without extensive coding knowledge.

WunderGraph is an open-source API and Microservices infrastructure that helps companies escape the legacy trap of monolithic architecture by providing a simple and quick way to integrate with existing systems, automate data sources, and deploy new services on a virtual graph. The team behind WunderGraph aims to make this transition easy for users, showing results quickly and delighting customers, developers, and management alike. By using WunderGraph, teams can break free from the constraints of traditional development methods and adopt a more agile approach to building modern systems.

The new Solid Query client is a WunderGraph API integration that allows developers to build next-generation API and Microservices infrastructure using the Solid.js ecosystem. The client brings typesafe query, mutation, and subscription capabilities to Solid.js, enabling developers to leverage WunderGraph's features in their Solid.js applications. The release is still in beta, but it offers a powerful tool for building real-time apps with subscriptions, live queries, and mutations, and provides an opportunity for feedback and collaboration with the WunderGraph team and TanStack.

The author of the text is reevaluating the usefulness of GraphQL's `@defer` and `@stream` directives, which they previously used in their own implementation. They conclude that these directives are overkill for most use cases and instead recommend using a simpler approach with WunderGraph Cosmo, which uses JSON Patch to incrementally load data. This solution is more efficient, easier to implement, and provides better control over the data flow. The author argues that micro-optimizations should be avoided in most cases, but if needed, control over the data flow should be in the hands of the API provider.

WunderGraph is an API Gateway that turns GraphQL into RPC on the fly, with a focus on its TypeScript Operations. It allows developers to define data sources as dependencies in config and then introspect them into a virtual graph that can be queried using GraphQL. The platform also supports OpenAPI REST & GraphQL APIs, SQL & NOSQL databases, Apollo Federations, and many more. WunderGraph provides a code generation framework that generates fully typesafe hooks for the frontend, making it easier to fetch and display data. It also allows developers to use TypeScript Operations, which can be used to query, mutate, and subscribe to data without using GraphQL. These operations are server-land, meaning they can natively async/await any Promise within them to fetch custom data from any data source. WunderGraph supports authentication with NextAuth.js, allowing developers to gate data fetching across their entire app. The platform also offers a Vercel integration that syncs the WunderGraph application with the Vercel deployment, making it easy to deploy and manage.