Why Backend Developers Should Fall in Love with GraphQL too

4 years ago thenewstack.io

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First, it is an intuitive query language for backend data, providing a single endpoint for developers when making requests.

It’s no surprise then that industry rags and developer adoption surveys predict more than a million developers will use GraphQL in some shape or form over the next three years. But if you, as a backend developer, are looking at it and saying, “this is another fad and another nightmare for me,” let me take the next few minutes to tell you why it is an excellent technology for you too.

I argue the answer is a resounding yes to GraphQL as an excellent technology for backend teams.

As someone responsible for building out the APIs that someone else (or even you!) uses, it is simply better done with GraphQL.

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