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Full Stack Development with Angular and GraphQL

By : Ahmed Bouchefra
Book Image

Full Stack Development with Angular and GraphQL

By: Ahmed Bouchefra

Overview of this book

GraphQL is an alternative to traditional REST technology for querying Web APIs. Together with Angular and TypeScript, it provides a tech stack option for building future-proof web applications that are robust and maintainable at any scale. This book leverages the potential of cutting-edge technologies like GraphQL and Apollo and helps Angular developers add it to their stack. Starting with introducing full-stack development, you will learn to create a monorepo project with Lerna and NPM Workspaces. You will then learn to configure Node.js-based backend using GraphQL, Express, and Apollo Server. The book will demonstrate how to build professional-looking UIs with Angular Material. It will then show you how to create Web APIs for your frontend with GraphQL. All this in a step-by-step manner. The book covers advanced topics such as local state management, reactive variables, and generating TypeScript types using the GraphQL scheme to develop a scalable codebase. By the end of this book, you'll have the skills you need to be able to build your full-stack application.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
1
Part 1: Setting Up the Development Environment, GraphQL Server, and Database
7
Part 2: Building the Angular Frontend with Realtime Support
13
Part 3: Adding Realtime Support

Creating a MySQL user and database

When we first installed MySQL on our development machine, it created a root user who can manage the database system. This user has complete access to the MySQL server, including all databases and tables.

Furthermore, beginning with MySQL v5.7, the root user can be authenticated via the auth socket plugin rather than a username and password, as allowed by the MySQL client used with TypeORM.

Important Note

The name of the system user that launches the MySQL client and the MySQL user must be the same when using the auth socket plugin; moreover, you must execute mysql with sudo privileges to have access to your database(s).

For the reasons stated above, it is required to create a new user in MySQL and provide it with the right permissions. To do so, go through the following steps:

  1. To begin, use the following command to connect to MySQL:
    sudo mysql

You'll be asked to enter a password. Enter your system's root password...