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digitalmars.D.learn - Getting started with graphqld

reply Trustee <sean kinexis.co.uk> writes:
Is there anyone willing to help me get started with GraphQLD.

I have some experience with graphql in node.

My D is intermediate at best but i can learn fast with guidance.

I am able to build and deploy vibe-d apps locally and on heroku.

Basically, I'm looking for someone to stand-in in lieu of the 
documentation (currently WIP) to help me connect a basic vibe-d 
app to a graphql backend.

I am willing to contribute to documentation (and produce premium 
quality video tutorials) once i am proficient using the package.

Thanks in advance.
Dec 15 2020
next sibling parent reply aberba <karabutaworld gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 15 December 2020 at 16:25:29 UTC, Trustee wrote:

 Is there anyone willing to help me get started with GraphQLD.

 I have some experience with graphql in node.

 My D is intermediate at best but i can learn fast with guidance.

 I am able to build and deploy vibe-d apps locally and on heroku.

 Basically, I'm looking for someone to stand-in in lieu of the 
 documentation (currently WIP) to help me connect a basic vibe-d 
 app to a graphql backend.

 I am willing to contribute to documentation (and produce 
 premium quality video tutorials) once i am proficient using the 
 package.

 Thanks in advance.


I had wanted to do a written tutorial with it but since it isn't 
well documented, I've postpone it until I figure it out. It'll 
take a while to learn the API from code...and I kind of moved 
onto something else. (and I've raised this issue with D packages 
in a post I wrote)


It's quite unfortunately that folks spend months developing 
something but then don't invest few hrs to make it easy for 
others to use and contribute back.

I'm pretty sure they use it at Symmetry Investments though.
Dec 16 2020
parent Trustee <sean kinexis.co.uk> writes:
On Wednesday, 16 December 2020 at 08:33:09 UTC, aberba wrote:

 On Tuesday, 15 December 2020 at 16:25:29 UTC, Trustee wrote:

 Is there anyone willing to help me get started with GraphQLD.

 I have some experience with graphql in node.

 My D is intermediate at best but i can learn fast with 
 guidance.

 I am able to build and deploy vibe-d apps locally and on 
 heroku.

 Basically, I'm looking for someone to stand-in in lieu of the 
 documentation (currently WIP) to help me connect a basic 
 vibe-d app to a graphql backend.

 I am willing to contribute to documentation (and produce 
 premium quality video tutorials) once i am proficient using 
 the package.

 Thanks in advance.


 I had wanted to do a written tutorial with it but since it 
 isn't well documented, I've postpone it until I figure it out. 
 It'll take a while to learn the API from code...and I kind of 
 moved onto something else. (and I've raised this issue with D 
 packages in a post I wrote)


 It's quite unfortunately that folks spend months developing 
 something but then don't invest few hrs to make it easy for 
 others to use and contribute back.

 I'm pretty sure they use it at Symmetry Investments though.


Hmmm... Maybe the universe is trying to tell us something...

Looks like one or both of us are meant to figure it out.

According to what you've said, you're still in a state of 
postponement, while I, on the other hand have just returned from 
my SECOND postponement. :(

I even considered falling back to Node and Prisma but I just 
can't bring myself to do it. Not now that I know D. It's just not 
something I could stomach. I have tried.

Guess I'm just gonna have to suck it up. Brush up on the 
intricacies of D, and dig into the codebase. It would seem to be 
the path of least resistance. I'll come out the other side a 
better person for it, no doubt.

With the number of key D packages that happen to be attributed to 
Symmetry Investments/Kaleidic Associates, I wouldn't want to 
trouble them with this directly at this juncture. Especially as I 
haven't even given it a proper go yet.

 From the outside looking in, they have gone above and beyond 
already. If they say it's a WIP, I'm good with that. It's all a 
generous contribution. And they seem to have a strong track 
record of making those.

I, on the other hand, can use this as an opportunity to make my 
first.

Seems like a little less of a trudge now I guess
Dec 16 2020
prev sibling parent reply evilrat <evilrat666 gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 15 December 2020 at 16:25:29 UTC, Trustee wrote:

connect a basic vibe-d app to a graphql backend.


umm, what?
Did you mean write graphql backend using vibe.d?
Dec 17 2020
next sibling parent reply Trustee <sean kinexis.co.uk> writes:
On Thursday, 17 December 2020 at 14:49:42 UTC, evilrat wrote:

 On Tuesday, 15 December 2020 at 16:25:29 UTC, Trustee wrote:

connect a basic vibe-d app to a graphql backend.


 umm, what?
 Did you mean write graphql backend using vibe.d?


Yes. But more so, I want to learn the ins and outs of the 
graphqld package. What's contained, what isn't (in terms of what 
functionality available and/or possible - e.g. client gen???, 
xSQL gen), what to build to add to complement/contribute to the 
package. First phase, docs.

I have already begun working through the code and it's beginning 
to make sense.

To be fair it's more about my fluency in D than the package 
itself. I haven't been coding for a while so it gets kinda rusty.

Any help would be appreciated though.
Dec 17 2020
parent aberba <karabutaworld gmail.com> writes:
On Friday, 18 December 2020 at 02:46:32 UTC, Trustee wrote:

 On Thursday, 17 December 2020 at 14:49:42 UTC, evilrat wrote:

 On Tuesday, 15 December 2020 at 16:25:29 UTC, Trustee wrote:

connect a basic vibe-d app to a graphql backend.


 umm, what?
 Did you mean write graphql backend using vibe.d?


 Yes. But more so, I want to learn the ins and outs of the 
 graphqld package. What's contained, what isn't (in terms of 
 what functionality available and/or possible - e.g. client 
 gen???, xSQL gen), what to build to add to 
 complement/contribute to the package. The first phase, docs.

 I have already begun working through the code and it's 
 beginning to make sense.

 To be fair it's more about my fluency in D than the package 
 itself. I haven't been coding for a while so it gets kinda 
 rusty.


I'm also familiar with GraphQL in Node.js. The issue I find with 
graphqld package is their selection of terminologies (+ how the 
code is written). The code is also a test so it uses all the 
features of the package and not necessarily the essentials. So it 
will take some time to figure it out...including reading the 
original source code of the package.

My current understanding is it uses vibe.d to serve some static 
data. It does some validation of schema among other things and 
since the example meant as a development guinea pig, it uses all 
the API.... spread throughout the code.

I've not given it much time to filter those out myself. Will take 
a look once more after watching his DConf video about 
it....something about all spreadsheets must die.


 Any help would be appreciated though.


Hit me up in the dlang discord...  aberba
Dec 20 2020
prev sibling parent reply Trustee <sean kinexis.co.uk> writes:
On Thursday, 17 December 2020 at 14:49:42 UTC, evilrat wrote:

 On Tuesday, 15 December 2020 at 16:25:29 UTC, Trustee wrote:

connect a basic vibe-d app to a graphql backend.


 umm, what?
 Did you mean write graphql backend using vibe.d?


Vibe-d web app -> Vibe-d/GraphQL gateway server (a la Prisma 1) 
-> Vibe-d/GraphQL API server -> Data.

That's why I'm more interested in the workings of the package 
than a "How-To get a basic vibe-d/graphql server. I want to know 
which pieces are available OOTB to be put together to create the 
above, and which pieces need to be created.
Dec 17 2020
parent reply aberba <karabutaworld gmail.com> writes:
On Friday, 18 December 2020 at 03:36:05 UTC, Trustee wrote:

 On Thursday, 17 December 2020 at 14:49:42 UTC, evilrat wrote:

 On Tuesday, 15 December 2020 at 16:25:29 UTC, Trustee wrote:

connect a basic vibe-d app to a graphql backend.


 umm, what?
 Did you mean write graphql backend using vibe.d?


 Vibe-d web app -> Vibe-d/GraphQL gateway server (a la Prisma 1) 
 -> Vibe-d/GraphQL API server -> Data.

 That's why I'm more interested in the workings of the package 
 than a "How-To get a basic vibe-d/graphql server. I want to 
 know which pieces are available OOTB to be put together to 
 create the above, and which pieces need to be created.


Heres's a demo I put together 
https://github.com/aberba/graphqld-demo

A minimal example with only the essential APIs
Dec 22 2020
parent reply Trustee <sean kinexis.co.uk> writes:
On Tuesday, 22 December 2020 at 23:49:12 UTC, aberba wrote:

 On Friday, 18 December 2020 at 03:36:05 UTC, Trustee wrote:

 On Thursday, 17 December 2020 at 14:49:42 UTC, evilrat wrote:

 On Tuesday, 15 December 2020 at 16:25:29 UTC, Trustee wrote:

connect a basic vibe-d app to a graphql backend.


 umm, what?
 Did you mean write graphql backend using vibe.d?


 Vibe-d web app -> Vibe-d/GraphQL gateway server (a la Prisma 
 1) -> Vibe-d/GraphQL API server -> Data.

 That's why I'm more interested in the workings of the package 
 than a "How-To get a basic vibe-d/graphql server. I want to 
 know which pieces are available OOTB to be put together to 
 create the above, and which pieces need to be created.


 Heres's a demo I put together 
 https://github.com/aberba/graphqld-demo

 A minimal example with only the essential APIs


Thank you for this. Between this and the test code I should have 
enough to get going with.

I did also begin working through the test code and it was 
beginning to make sense. Being pushed for time though, I did spin 
up a Prisma 2 based gateway server. This time with the intention 
to build out a D version in parallel as I learn the package.

This should speed things along.

I will keep you posted on any developments and I'll be sure to 
get in touch if I have any questions.

Thanks again.
Dec 23 2020
parent aberba <karabutaworld gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 23 December 2020 at 08:33:21 UTC, Trustee wrote:

 On Tuesday, 22 December 2020 at 23:49:12 UTC, aberba wrote:

 On Friday, 18 December 2020 at 03:36:05 UTC, Trustee wrote:

 [...]


 Heres's a demo I put together 
 https://github.com/aberba/graphqld-demo

 A minimal example with only the essential APIs


 Thank you for this. Between this and the test code I should 
 have enough to get going with.

 I did also begin working through the test code and it was 
 beginning to make sense. Being pushed for time though, I did 
 spin up a Prisma 2 based gateway server. This time with the 
 intention to build out a D version in parallel as I learn the 
 package.

 This should speed things along.

 I will keep you posted on any developments and I'll be sure to 
 get in touch if I have any questions.

 Thanks again.


I keep hearing about Prisma too... gotta learn myself.
Dec 23 2020