Show HN: Game Changing Typed GraphQL

https://github.com/graphql-editor/graphql-zeus

by aexol • 5 years ago

34 18 5 years ago

aexol9• 5 years ago

Why I am posting this? 2 reasons: GraphQL Zeus reached 4.0 and is compatible with huuge schemas, second reason I received a great contribution with full readme rewrite and I packaged it into docs site

brainbag• 5 years ago

Looks nice. How does it compare to graphql-code-generator? I've been using that tool for years and I'm happy with it, but always glad for improved tools.

throwthere• 5 years ago

Same here. I’ve tried Apollo but switched to react query and graphql codegen. Probably not going to switch again without reason— would be interesting to see the differences. Title is a little off putting because it sounds like there’s a little precooked bias

aexol9• 5 years ago

Just generate one lib. then write type safe queries inside IDE

aexol9• 5 years ago

I integrated react-query with zeus so you can try it together with integration

Sytten• 5 years ago

Not a fan of uselessly sensational titles, but will give it a try. Currently using urql and codegen that already handle that pretty well. What is your edge?

aexol9• 5 years ago

I plan to integrate urql. I generate the whole lib with complicated generic types, so you don't have to write gql queries and run codegen. Just generate once and write interactive queries. No watching and stuff

nvegater• 5 years ago

Any time horizon ? 1 year ? 6 months ?

arcticfox• 5 years ago

https://hasura.io/blog/your-guide-to-graphql-with-typescript...

So I guess this is a recommended option from Hasura to generate typed API bindings; I was going to try following that tutorial at some point, looks pretty slick.

Am I understanding correctly that this tool works with something like Hasura (GraphQL backend) to generate an API schema / query client that can be used with something like react-query to retrieve data?

aexol9• 5 years ago

yes

gvkhna• 5 years ago

What’s the difference between this and react relay, which generates typescript types for Graphql queries?

aexol9• 5 years ago

I replied below

motoxpro• 5 years ago

Where?

antholeole2• 5 years ago

Something I’ve been wondering: does graphQL Zeus increase code size as schema grows? I get that there’s a constant code size for the package, but I’m running on cloudflare workers for some processes, and scripts have a limit of 1MB. I’m using Hasura, so the gql schema is quite large. I’d like to switch over to Zeus for typings, but I’m worried it’ll push me over the 1MB limit.

aexol9• 5 years ago

how big is your schema then? Of course code grows as schema grows as it is translated to TS. However productivity boost is huge.

If you want to use it with bigger than 1mb schemas create an issue , maybe we can split it to more files if that works for this limit

antholeole2• 5 years ago

Not sure about “of course” - TS gets erased at runtime, so while “of course” it’ll increase the pre-compiled code size, it’s not so easy post compile.

If you weren’t aware, you can’t run TS directly - you have to compile it to JS for execution

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