Fullstack GraphQL Workshop

This workshop will be a hands-on session focused on building fullstack applications with Neo4j, GraphQL, JavaScript, and React.

Before the session please install:

• Neo4j Desktop: https://neo4j.com/download/
• A recent version of Node.js (v12.x or later): https://nodejs.org/
• The npm package manager (v5.x or later, installed with Node.js by default), or yarn if you prefer: https://www.npmjs.com/get-npm

You can run the following commands to check if node and npm are installed:

node -v
npm -v

We will make use of the following resources and tools, so if you'd like to get a head start you can familiarize yourself with the following:

• Neo4j Sandbox: https://neo4j.com/sandbox/
• GraphQL Architect: https://install.graphapp.io/
• The create-grandstack-app CLI: https://grandstack.io/docs/getting-started-grand-stack-starter
• Netlify: https://www.netlify.com/

And for reference, the GRANDstack documentation: https://grandstack.io/

Module 1: Neo4j GraphQL

In this module we take a look at Neo4j, GraphQL, and the Neo4j GraphQL integrations. First, we explore writing GraphQL queries against a demo GraphQL API of movies. Then we use the GraphQL Architect graph app for Neo4j Desktop to see how we can build our own GraphQL APIs using Neo4j GraphQL.

Module 2: GRANDstack

In this module we'll use the create-grandstack-app CLI to create a fullstack skeleton application using GraphQL, React, Apollo, and Neo4j Database. We'll then make some updates to the application to convert it to a movies search application using the Recommendations Neo4j Sandbox. Finally, we'll see how to deploy the application to Netlify.

Module 3: Authorization

In this module we add authentication to our movies search GraphQL API using the graphql-auth-directives package and JSON Web Token (JWT).

Each module should take roughly 90 minutes to complete.

Let's get started!