Program

GraphQL is language-agnostic, which means it can be used with any backend framework or programming language, and is essentially an addition to a backend service that allows developers to communicate with the database and request data in a specific way.

To create a GraphQL server for your data source, you can use specialized tools such as ApolloGraphQL, which allow you to create a layer on top of your backend and database(s), enabling your data to be represented, queried and changed via the Graph Query Language.

The Apollo platform is an implementation of GraphQL that transfers data between the cloud (the server) to the UI of your app. When you use Apollo Client, all of the logic for retrieving data, tracking, loading, and updating the UI is encapsulated by the useQuery hook (as in the case of React). Hence, data fetching is declarative. It also has zero-configuration caching. Just by setting up Apollo Client in your app, you get an intelligent cache out of the box, with no additional configuration required.

Apollo Client is also interoperable with other frameworks, such as Angular, Vue.js, and React.

And finally, GraphQL stands for “Graph Query Language”