GraphQL and modern web applications a workshop with Petr Messner
Sunday, 16 June, 10:00 in room EB126
Do you want to leverage modern JavaScript web app ecosystem – React, Next.js, Relay – but still use a mature programming language (Python 🐍) for the backend? Have you wondered how to connect these two worlds together? Could there be something even more efficient and satisfactory that RESTful API?
GraphQL is “just” a JSON-based HTTP-transported API, with explicit schema, type system, and a query language. But it has some surprising implications that can help you greatly with application development.
During this workshop, we will implement simple GraphQL API in Python using a web micro-framework. Then we will create a Javascript web application that will use this API.
Workshop will take 3 hours.
There will be maximum of 30 attendees.
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Prerequisites
You should be able to write Python code (know how to define a function etc.), understand basic principles of HTTP (request, response…), and understand basic HTML and JavaScript code.
Requirements
Bring your own laptop with installed Python 3.5 or newer, current Node.js, Git and a code editor of your choice.
Petr Messner
I’m a software developer from Prague, interested in backend, databases, infrastructure, architecture etc. Sometimes even drifting into the world of frontend to make a nice user interface for the things I create.
I have experience with building Python-based news sites and an ad platform. Currently I’m in a backend and devops role in a smaller company, where we build an application providing advanced marketing workflows. In my free time I enjoy working on open source projects and helping at Python courses, mostly PyLadies.cz.
I also lead a sprint PyLadies Courseware sprint
