The DataStax Developers are excited to announce this BRAND NEW workshop!

While REST APIs have their place in programming and application development, they can work against you if you want to create the fastest, most flexible application that you can…

Unlike REST APIs where your server determines the data returned in each endpoint (which can result in you either OVER fetching or UNDER fetching data, affecting your user experience), GraphQL gives you the power to request and receive the exact data that you need and that your API clients have asked for. Not only does this result in a better experience for your user, but GraphQL can also work to reduce the number of network calls and bandwidth demands on the server.

So how do you get started?

The DataStax Developers are here to kick start your journey with GraphQL! We will introduce you to the concepts of GraphQL and will cover the following:

• An overview of what GraphQL is and what makes it cool
• What differs between GraphQL, REST and other APIs and their pros/cons
• Hands-on examples of GraphQL queries and mutations
• How to build GraphQL APIs for mobile and web applications
• Setting up your Astra DB to store application data via GraphQL

Why Attend

If you attend live you will get the chance to win some of our special Cassandra Community Swag. We will also offer you the choice of either:

1) a voucher that entitles you to take the DataStax certification for Apache Cassandra™ exam for FREE! OR 2) $300 credit to use on AstraDB - our cloud-native database-as-a-service.

* In order to claim one of the giveaways, you will need to attend live. You cannot receive both giveaways. *

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Preparation

• You will not need to install anything during the workshop - no credit card required

• The workshop will be streamed to YouTube here

• Join our dedicated Discord server here - this is where we like to hang out and respond to all of your questions during the workshop.

• If you have any technical questions feel free to post them to our dedicated community space