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The two big features I see brought up are: 1) Front-end devs can often write novel queries without involving back-end devs, if querying existing data types. 2
by spiffytech 4y ago
The two big features I see brought up are:
1) Front-end devs can often write novel queries without involving back-end devs, if querying existing data types.
2) Clients can request only the fields they need, rather than requesting giant payloads only to use a couple of fields.
Since GraphQL is a bit more standardized than REST, client libraries can offer other features like optimistic updates, intelligent caching, and offline reads.