GraphQL on Rails: from zero to the first query

GraphQL is one of those new shiny things we’ve been seeing here, there and everywhere: blog posts, conferences, podcasts, maybe, even newspapers. It sounds like you should hurry up and start rewriting your application in GraphQL instead of REST as soon as possible, right? Not exactly. Remember: there is no silver bullet. It’s essential to understand the pros and cons of the technology before making a paradigm-shift decision.In this series, we’re going to walk you through a no-frills guide to the development of GraphQL applications, talking about not only its advantages but also its caveats and pitfalls (and, of course, the ways to deal with them).