• Scalable GraphQL server: The server uses graphql-yoga which is based on Apollo Server & Express
• Pre-configured Apollo Client: The project comes with a preconfigured setup for Apollo Client
• GraphQL database: Includes GraphQL database binding to Prisma (running on MySQL)
• Tooling: Out-of-the-box support for GraphQL Playground & query performance tracing
• Extensible: Simple and flexible data model – easy to adjust and extend
• No configuration overhead: Preconfigured graphql-config setup

For a fully-fledged React & Apollo tutorial, visit How to GraphQL. You can more learn about the idea behind GraphQL boilerplates here.

You need to have the GraphQL CLI installed to bootstrap your GraphQL server using graphql create:

npm install -g graphql-cli

# 1. Bootstrap GraphQL server in directory `my-app`, based on `react-fullstack-basic` boilerplate
graphql create my-app --boilerplate react-fullstack-basic

# 2. When prompted, deploy the Prisma service to a _public cluster_

# 3. Navigate into the `server` directory of the new project
cd my-app/server

# 4. Start the server
yarn start # the server is now running on http://localhost:4000

# 5. Open a new tab in the terminal and navigate back into my-app;
# then run the app
cd ..
yarn start

# 6. Open http://localhost:4000 in your browser

• yarn start starts GraphQL server on http://localhost:4000
• yarn dev starts GraphQL server on http://localhost:4000 and opens GraphQL Playground
• yarn playground opens the GraphQL Playground for the projects from .graphqlconfig.yml
• yarn prisma <subcommand> gives access to local version of Prisma CLI (e.g. yarn prisma deploy)

Note: We recommend that you're using yarn dev during development as it will give you access to the GraphQL API or your server (defined by the application schema) as well as to the Prisma API directly (defined by the Prisma database schema). If you're starting the server with yarn start, you'll only be able to access the API of the application schema.

The GraphQL boilerplates are maintained by the GraphQL community, with official support from the Apollo & Graphcool teams.

Your feedback is very helpful, please share your opinion and thoughts! If you have any questions or want to contribute yourself, join the #graphql-boilerplate channel on our Slack.

{
  __schema {
    types {
      kind
      name
      interfaces {
        name
        description
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  __type(name: "Film") {
    name
    fields {
      name
      description
      type {
        name
        kind
        ofType {
          name
          kind
          ofType {
            name
            kind
          }
        }
      }
      args {
        name
        description
        defaultValue
        type {
          name
          kind
          ofType {
            name
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}