May 21, 2019 by Tomek

If you think that setting up a GraphQL server is a difficult task, GraphQL Boilerplates Github repo will prove you that you’re very wrong.

The best thing about GraphQL is that is can be used with any technology. Let’s take a look at starter projects for most popular web technologies, provided by one of the finest GraphQL devs. Now first off, let’s take a look at TypeScript.

TypeScript-graphql-server

TypeScript is a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript, which popularity constantly rising. The TypeScript Boilerplate repo contains two starter kits:

Both allowing to bootstrap your GraphQL server with TypeScript within seconds. No matter if you need a Basic option for a simple personal project or Advanced boilerplate with more features you are getting scalable, production-ready GraphQL server.

All projects are based on graphql-yoga , a GraphQL server library focused on providing the easiest possible setup.

Let’s take a look at features available in those versions:

Basic Advanced Scalable GraphQL server: The server uses graphql-yoga which is based on Apollo Server & Express ✔️ ✔️ Static type generation: TypeScript types for GraphQL queries & mutations are generated in a build step ✔️ ✔️ GraphQL database: Includes GraphQL database binding to Prisma (running on MySQL) ✔️ ✔️ Tooling: Out-of-the-box support for GraphQL Playground & query performance tracing ✔️ ✔️ Extensible: Simple and flexible data model – easy to adjust and extend ✔️ ✔️ No configuration overhead: Preconfigured graphql-config setup ✔️ ✔️ Realtime updates: Support for GraphQL subscriptions ❌ ✔️ Authentication: Signup and login workflows are ready to use for your users ❌ ✔️

The setup is the same for both versions: and our project structure will look like this: