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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 modules, services, and components

You may automatically create components, services, and modules in Angular by calling the relevant Angular CLI command, which generates the bare minimum code required for a basic component, service, or module.

Let's use the Angular CLI to generate our modules, services, and components.

Create a module for each feature of your application. This is a basic rule to follow. For instance, the home feed can be contained within a separate module. Splitting your application into modules enables you to lazily load components, and maintain it efficiently.

Creating modules

In our application, we'll utilize the following modules:

  • A users module that incorporates components for login, signup, and profile.
  • A feed module that includes the component(s) necessary to show the posts retrieved using GraphQL.
  • A shared module may include elements that are shared with other modules in your application.
  • A root module containing...