Welcome!
Learn about GraphQL, an alternative to REST, and practice GraphQL queries in an interactive playground in this free course.
Training Course
Exploring GraphQL: A Query Language for APIs (LFS141)
Who Is It For
This course is for both management and technical teams involved in the building and management of websites. Before enrolling you should be familiar with web architecture, such as clients and servers and web development concepts such as caching, HTTP requests, and build-time. It is helpful to have some general knowledge about how websites get information from servers, but it is not required.
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What You’ll Learn
In this course you will learn what GraphQL is and how it works, when to use GraphQL, what advantages GraphQL has over other paradigms, such as REST, and more.
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What It Prepares You For
Programmers will walk away from this this course with the skills to get started using GraphQL for a small project or professionally in production. Business managers who take this course will be able to communicate with developers, participate in conversations about GraphQL, and understand when and why to use GraphQL for a project.
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Welcome!
Chapter 1. GraphQL Fundamentals
Chapter 2. Advanced Tutorial: Clients
Chapter 3. Advanced Tutorial: Server
Chapter 4. Advanced Tutorial: More GraphQL Concepts
Chapter 5. Advanced Tutorial: Tooling and Ecosystem
Chapter 6. Advanced Tutorial: Security
Chapter 7. Common Questions
Final Exam (Verified Certificate track only)
- To have some general knowledge about how websites get information from servers, but it is not required.
- Familiarity with web architecture, such as clients and servers
- Familiarity with web development concepts such as caching, HTTP requests, build-time, etc.
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Online, Self Paced
10 Hours of Course Material
Graded Quizzes (for paid certificate only)
Video Content
Discussion Forums
7 Weeks Free Access to Online Course
Optional Paid Certificate of Completion
