GraphQL for Beginners: Complete Guide with .NET
Introduction GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime that executes those queries over a typed schema. Instead of always receiving a fixed representation of a resource, the client describes the fields it needs; the server validates the operation, calls the responsible resolvers and returns a JSON with that format. I would consider GraphQL when different clients need…
This article discusses GraphQL, a query language for APIs and a runtime that executes queries over a typed schema. It explains the basics of GraphQL, including schema, types, queries, mutations, and resolvers, and provides an example implementation using GraphQL.NET on ASP.NET Core/.NET 10. The article also compares GraphQL with REST and highlights the benefits and challenges of using GraphQL, including the potential for excessive server workload if queries are not well-controlled. The example code is available on a GitHub repository called BlogSamples.
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