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I've been playing with this for the last hour and I must say it is a beautifully-designed experience throughout. I've seen quite a few BaaS (Backend as a Servic

I've been playing with this for the last hour and I must say it is a beautifully-designed experience throughout. I've seen quite a few BaaS (Backend as a Service) products debut on HN, and I'd usually play around with them for 5 minutes and then throw them into a bookmarks folder. What really got me engaged here was the many examples, the excellent documentation, and the gorgeous interface. You really hit that dopamine rush in a developer's mind when they imagine the possibilities. I think that was a really powerful effect that Firebase had with me and I see it here too. Really awesome platform and can't wait to see where it goes!

sorenbs 9y ago
Thank you so much! A lot of work has gone into the onboarding experience, so it is great to see that it is working. I just gathered everybody on the team to show them your comment :-)
- Blackstone4 9y ago
  Sorenbs - would you recommend Graph.cool to a beginner? It's between GraphQL and REST API and I only have a basic understanding of REST API. I was thinking of using React.js + Graph.cool with a Node.js server to handle subscriptions and background tasks/calculations
  - sorenbs 9y ago
    Hi Blackstone4 :-) I would definitely recommend you use Graphcool if you are just getting started with GraphQL. People in our slack are super friendly, so you can get help with questions around how to structure your data model, how to use the Apollo or Relay clients etc. You should consider following one of our tutorials to get a jumpstart into GraphQL: https://www.graph.cool/freecom/ https://www.graph.cool/freecom/
schickling 9y ago
Hi primitivesuave! Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm very happy you're highlighting all these points. It's indeed something we've tried to put a lot of effort into, to make the first getting started experience as nice as possible. What I'm most excited about is the flexibility and extensibility compared to previous BaaS solutions. This is where GraphQL & serverless functions provide the perfect building blocks without resulting in vendor lock-in.

sorenbs 9y ago

Thank you so much! A lot of work has gone into the onboarding experience, so it is great to see that it is working. I just gathered everybody on the team to show them your comment :-)

Blackstone4 9y ago
Sorenbs - would you recommend Graph.cool to a beginner? It's between GraphQL and REST API and I only have a basic understanding of REST API. I was thinking of using React.js + Graph.cool with a Node.js server to handle subscriptions and background tasks/calculations
- sorenbs 9y ago
  Hi Blackstone4 :-) I would definitely recommend you use Graphcool if you are just getting started with GraphQL. People in our slack are super friendly, so you can get help with questions around how to structure your data model, how to use the Apollo or Relay clients etc. You should consider following one of our tutorials to get a jumpstart into GraphQL: https://www.graph.cool/freecom/ https://www.graph.cool/freecom/

schickling 9y ago

Hi primitivesuave! Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm very happy you're highlighting all these points. It's indeed something we've tried to put a lot of effort into, to make the first getting started experience as nice as possible. What I'm most excited about is the flexibility and extensibility compared to previous BaaS solutions. This is where GraphQL & serverless functions provide the perfect building blocks without resulting in vendor lock-in.