RRU 005: Prisma and GraphCool with Nikolas Burk

Panel: Charles Max WoodTara ManicsicKent C DoddsNader Dabit Special Guests: Nikolas Burk In this episode of React Round Up, the panel discusses Prisma and GraphCool with Nikolas Burk. Nikolas works as a developer at GraphCool, which is a small startup based in Berlin. Their latest product is Prisma, which is a GraphQL database proxy that turns your database into a GraphQL API. They talk about why you would want to use Prisma and the pros to utilizing GraphQL. They also touch on why they made GraphCool and Prisma open source so that more people could use it. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Nikolas introductionWhat is GraphCool?PrismaPrisma is the core technology that is powering GraphCoolSequel databasesHow do you communicate differences to Prisma?Using GraphQL as the interface to the databaseGraphQL is much simplerGraphQL Schema Definition LanguageWhy use Prisma?Prisma as the database layerPrisma is working on supporting more databasesWhat are the steps from database to messing with GraphCool and Prisma?MongoDBSchema driven or Schema first development2 GraphQL APIsPrisma services3 types of clustersPrisma CloudBoilerplate projectsWhy open source?And much, much more! Links: GraphCoolPrismaGraphQL Schema Definition LanguageGraphQLMongoDBPrisma [email protected] Picks: Charles Code SponsorReactDevSummitGet a Coder Job CourseSimpleProgrammer.com@CMaxWT-Shirts to come Tara The Eccentricities of...