What is GraphQL? GraphQL vs REST - Graphql for Beginners

In today's video, we talk about what Graphql is, What problems graphql solves, and what makes graphql different than rest.

In later videos we'll cover schema creation & design, implementing queries and mutations in node, utilizing apollo client to create queries from react, graphql codegen, and hasura.

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00:00 Intro
01:33 What is an API?
04:30 GraphQL vs REST?
09:22 What is GraphQL?

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