As Roy Derks said, “GraphQL will do to Rest what JSON did to XML.” Numerically, Roy is correct. Graphql is a query language was announced by FaceBook in late 2015 and has grown significantly in popularity.
The web is evolving and currently, it’s in a serverless/microservice fury. GraphQL is slowly consuming the API domain while front-end apps gain momentum. This is why it’s important to understand what GraphQL is, and why REST services are giving way. As new technologies emerge, they carry new risks.
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