First things first: GraphQL is, in essence, a specification that defines three things: schema syntax, query syntax, and a query execution reference.

For example, if you want to know how many women above a certain age purchased a certain product from your website in a given month, you could query your ecommerce API with GraphQL.

GraphQL is heavily inspired by another language called Facebook Query Language, which in turn was based on Structured Query Language, the well-established lingua franca of database software ...

GraphQL specifies a query language that allows a developer to call a GraphQL-enabled API and get data returned according to a data structure defined by the GraphQL query. Take a look at the example ...

Apollo, a San Francisco-based startup that provides a number of developer and operator tools and services around the GraphQL query language, today announced that it has raised a $22 million growth ...