Introducing GraphQL

GraphQL is an open source query language, server-side runtime (execution engine), and specification (technical standard). But what does it mean? What is it? GraphQL is a query language, which is what the "QL" part of GraphQL stands for. To be specific, it is a client query language. But again, what does it mean? The following example will address any doubts you have about GraphQL queries:

{
 planet(name: "earth") {
   id
   age
   population
 }
}

GraphQL queries like the previous one are used in HTTP clients such as Nuxt or Vue to send the query to the server in exchange for a JSON response, as follows:

{
  "data": {
    "planet": {
      "id": 3,
      "age": "4543000000",
      "population": "7594000000"
    }
  }
}

As you can see, you get the specific data for the fields (age and population) that you requested and nothing more. This is what makes GraphQL distinctive and gives the client...