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This PR adds all the guides from [Visual Guides](https://bytebytego.com/guides/) section on bytebytego to the repository with proper links. - [x] Markdown files for guides and categories are placed inside `data/guides` and `data/categories` - [x] Guide links in readme are auto-generated using `scripts/readme.ts`. Everytime you run the script `npm run update-readme`, it reads the categories and guides from the above mentioned folders, generate production links for guides and categories and populate the table of content in the readme. This ensures that any future guides and categories will automatically get added to the readme. - [x] Sorting inside the readme matches the actual category and guides sorting on production
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Is it a replacement for the REST API?
GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime for executing those queries by using a type system you define for your data. It was developed internally by Meta in 2012 before being publicly released in 2015.
Unlike the more traditional REST API, GraphQL allows clients to request exactly the data they need, making it possible to fetch data from multiple sources with a single query. This efficiency in data retrieval can lead to improved performance for web and mobile applications.
GraphQL servers sit in between the client and the backend services. It can aggregate multiple REST requests into one query. GraphQL server organizes the resources in a graph.
GraphQL supports queries, mutations (applying data modifications to resources), and subscriptions (receiving notifications on schema modifications).
Benefits of GraphQL:
- GraphQL is more efficient in data fetching.
- GraphQL returns more accurate results.
- GraphQL has a strong type system to manage the structure of entities, reducing errors.
- GraphQL is suitable for managing complex microservices.
Disadvantages of GraphQL
- Increased complexity.
- Over fetching by design
- Caching complexity