GraphQL MobX Bookstore Client

This example demonstrates the patterns used in real-world GraphQL applications and how to implement them using Apollo Link and MobX.

1. In any realistic application, you will encounter one-to-many and many-to-many relationships between domain entities. In this example, we use the bookstore domain to illustrate how to implement these relationships.
2. In many applications, there is a need to show real-time updates on the client. We demonstrate how to do this using GraphQL subscriptions.

First, a quick description of the bookstore domain:

• A bookstore sells books.
• A book can have one or more authors.
• A book has a single publisher.
• An author can write several books.
• A publisher can publish several books.

More formally, book-to-author is a many-to-many relationship, whereas book-to-publisher is a many-to-one relationship. This is depicted in the domain model below.

Getting started (Dev Mode)

First build and run the GraphQL Bookstore Server.

Then execute the following commands to run the application in development mode:

$ npm install
$ npm start

Now point your browser to http://localhost:3000/. You should see the following UI:

Building for production

When you want to deploy the application into production, run the following command:

$ npm run build

The deployable application will be built in the build folder.