In GraphQL the view makes queries or mutations which the Apollo Client (or any other GraphQL client) then parses and checks if the data already exists in the cache.

But it's more than just a protocol: The Graph also has an implementation, which is open source and uses GraphQL. GraphQL is a query language for APIs, developed and open sourced by Facebook.

GraphQL, which has nothing to do with graph databases but has everything to do with JSON query, was a technology originated at Facebook to simplify getting access to data. Now, Hasura, a two-year ...

GraphQL, the Facebook-incubated data query language, is moving into its own open-source foundation. Like so many other similar open-source foundations, ...

Apollo's GraphOS delivers a supergraph database that answers GraphQL queries while storing data in a flexible and scalable form.