146: GraphQL with Ben Sklar

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ben Sklar is a Senior Product Manager here at Salesforce. Though he started college as a pre-med major, he quickly shifted his interests after taking a Coding 101 course. He went on to pursue Computer Science and even to do research at Vanderbilt University and Hamilton College.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, Ben and I are talking about GraphQL. GraphQL is a new standard which provides significant performance and organizational benefits to API calls as opposed to REST.  Specifically, we’re discussing how Salesforce is implementing it and how you can use it. Join us!</span></p> <p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How Ben got into web technology and front-end engineering.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How he got introduced to Salesforce and what he does in his current job here.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">An overview of GraphQL.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The key limitation of REST that GraphQL is trying to solve.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The two main ways to use GraphQL APIs.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How lightning web components fit into all of this.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">More things on the roadmap for GraphQL.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ben on LinkedIn:</span> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-sklar/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-sklar/</span></a></li> </ul> <p> </p>