In this podcast episode, Rob Walters and Michael Watson from Apollo GraphQL discuss OData and its integration with Apollo GraphQL. They explore OData's origins, its relevance to GraphQL developers, and how Apollo connectors can simplify the use of OData entities in GraphQL applications. The conversation also touches on performance considerations, developer experience in Visual Studio Code, and an upcoming Connectors Live webinar on building connectors.

References:

Connectors Live: Orchestrating OData APIs with Apollo Connectors

https://www.linkedin.com/events/7282425943275511808/comments/?utm_campaign=2025-01-15_Webinar_Orchestrating-OData-APIs-with-Apollo-Connectors-in-30-minutes&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=spotify

In this episode of the Apollo GraphQL podcast, Rob Walters, Product Marketing Manager at Apollo GraphQL, speaks with Michael Watson, Head of Developer Advocacy, about modern application development and the challenges developers face today. The discussion highlights Apollo Connectors, a powerful new feature that simplifies working with REST APIs by eliminating the need to write resolver code. Michael shares insights into how Apollo Connectors enable seamless API orchestration, optimize query planning, and improve developer workflows while maintaining strong security practices. Listeners will also learn about tools like Apollo Studio and Rover CLI. Whether you're modernizing existing applications or building new ones, this episode offers valuable insights for developers and organizations aiming to streamline API integration.

References:

Connectors Live: API Orchestration in 30 min a Stripe Checkout Workflow with Apollo Connectors

⁠https://www.apollographql.com/events/api-orchestration-in-30-minutes-a-stripe-checkout-workflow-with-apollo-connectors⁠

Apollo Odyssey Course: Apollo Connectors

⁠https://www.apollographql.com/tutorials/connectors-intro-rest⁠

Originally streamed on November 15, 2023 on our YouTube channel. Jeremy Lempereur, Senior Software Engineer, answers community questions about Apollo Router.

Topics

• Overview of Apollo Router
• Q&A: batched operations
• Router customization
• Running Apollo Router for free
• Authorization and Authentication
• Federated Subscriptions
• Upcoming Router features

Links

• Apollo Router GitHub repository
• Router customization docs
• Apollo Solutions customization load testing
• Apollo Discord
• Korinne’s talk on Federated Subscriptions

Alessia Bellisario and Jeff Auriemma talk about Apollo Client. Originally recorded in Apollo's Discord on October 6, 2023.

Topics:

• Apollo Client’s release process
• Apollo Client Devtools
• Subscriptions, federation, and multi-part
• Defer
• nonreactive
• Testing

Links:

• Alessia’s GraphQL Conf talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0iNvXu5ZlU
• Blog post on nonreactive: https://www.apollographql.com/blog/apollo-client/introducing-apollo-clients-nonreactive-directive-and-usefragment-hook/
• Alessia’s website: https://aless.co
• Apollo Discord: https://discord.gg/M6FT5cNR5B
  

Trevor Scheer (Apollo Server maintainer) joins Jeff Auriemma (Engineering Manager) to discuss all things Apollo Server. Originally streamed live in the Apollo Discord on August 25, 2023. You can also read the full transcript on our blog.

Topics

• Apollo Server 3 to 4 migration
• dataSources
• Pagination
• Plugins
• Federation
• Federated Mutations
• Federated Subscriptions

Links

• Apollo Server 4 migration guide
• GraphQL pagination guide
• Creating Apollo Server plugins
• Federated Subscriptions
• GraphQL Summit

Jerel Miller joins Jeff Auriemma to talk about Apollo Client (web). Originally streamed live on July 25, 2023, on the Apollo Discord.

Links:

• Apollo Client Suspense docs
• Spotify showcase
• Apollo Client 3.8 release notes
• @nonreactive blog post
• Apollo Feature Requests repo

Topics:

• React suspense
• React lazy and code splitting
• useSuspenseQuery
• useBackgroundQuery & useReadQuery
• Apollo Spotify showcase
• Apollo Client 3.8
• Document transforms

Benoit Lubek joins Jeff Auriemma to talk about Apollo Kotlin. Originally streamed in the Apollo Discord on July 3, 2023.

Links:

• JetBrains Plugin Announcement
• JetBrains Plugin GitHub Issues
• Apollo Kotlin Slack
• 4.0 Error handling issue
• Apollo Kotlin tutorial
• Benoit’s website

Topics:

• Android Studio and IntelliJ IDEA Plugin
• Apollo Kotlin 4.0
• Jetpack Compose
• Gradle Enterprise
• @defer
• Google I/O 2023

Calvin Cestari and Jeff Auriemma discuss all the latest news for Apollo iOS—the GraphQL client for Swift. Originally streamed live in the Apollo Discord on 2023-06-16.

Links:

• Full Transcript
• Apollo iOS
• WWDC '23 Megathread

Topics:

• Defer directive
• Directives refresher
• Apollo iOS 1.2
• New codegen configuration option
• Migration guide and breaking changes
• Initializers and test mocks
• Raw JSON vs models
• Custom scalars
• WWDC
• Apple Vision Pro
• Supporting Mac, Apple Watch, and more