Talking Drupal #486 - GraphQL & Drupal Decoupled

Today we are talking about GraphQL, Drupal Decoupled, and What to do with them with guest Jesus Manuel Olivas. We’ll also cover CORS UI as our module of the week.

For show notes visit:
https://www.talkingDrupal.com/486

Topics

• What is GraphQL
• How do you use GraphQL with Drupal
• Would you use GraphQL without a headless theme
• Do you need additional server requirements
• What are some of your favorite GraphQL modules
• What caused the change from v3 to v4
• What is meant by Drupal Decoupled
• What are the best use cases
• How do you handle caching and performance
• How do you handle roles and permissions
• Do you think AI has made decoupled more interesting

Resources

• GraphQL
• GraphQL Compose
• GraphQL Compose Preview
• GraphQL Compose Webform
• GraphQL Compose Fragments
• Swagger UI
• Custom Field
• Drupal Decoupled

Guests

Jesus Manuel Olivas - drupal-decoupled.octahedroid.com jmolivas

Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan
John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi
Scott Weston - scott-weston

MOTW

Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu

• Brief description:
  • Have you ever wanted to control your site’s Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (aka CORS) configuration, directly within the Drupal admin UI? There’s a module for that.
• Module name/project name:
  • CORS UI
• Brief history
  • How old: created in Sep 2016 by Sam Becker (sam152), a prolific module maintainer in his own right, though the most recent release is by Matt Glaman, who has been on this show and will need no introduction for many of our listeners
  • Versions available: 8.x-1.2 which suppor