GraphQL in Python and Django

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GraphQL claims to replace many REST endpoints by letting clients ask for exactly the fields they need, reducing overfetching; Facebook creates it (2012) and open-sources it (2015). The Python ecosystem uses Graphene and Graphene-Django to expose Django models via DjangoObjectType, single /graphql POST endpoint, and GraphiQL IDE. Supports queries, mutations and subscriptions, field arguments, and introspection; authentication via sessions or JWT, manual field-level permissions, and mitigations like timeouts, depth limits and query cost. Teams report about a year of use across projects, easing front-end/back-end coordination.

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1. 0:00Introduction and background
2. 3:41Problems with REST APIs
3. 8:16What is GraphQL
4. 10:26GraphQL in Python
5. 12:52Building a simple API
6. 15:21Testing mutations
7. 17:40Error handling and batch queries
8. 18:01Security in GraphQL
9. 20:26Performance and caching
10. 23:11Experience and benefits
11. 24:33Q&A session

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