Let's Stub the Backend

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Talk shows how to handle missing backend during frontend development by using stub servers. It demonstrates and compares many stub-server tools for REST APIs, GraphQL, SSE and WebSocket, and explains ways to quickly populate those stubs with fake data so UI can make requests and render responses despite 404s from real backend.

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1. 0:00Stub backend
2. 3:14Proxy servers and MITM
3. 7:12mitmproxy demo
4. 11:23HTTP tools: Charles and Fiddler
5. 14:40Charles Proxy demo
6. 16:47ServeRest for API mocking
7. 18:14Proxy API in React
8. 20:28API specs importance
9. 21:55Swagger and OpenAPI tools
10. 24:12Stoplight Prism mocks
11. 27:35TypeScript from OpenAPI
12. 28:25API Blueprint tools
13. 31:42Stub options without specs
14. 33:50JSON Server quick REST
15. 38:30Mockoon simplicity
16. 41:29Mockoon specs import/export
17. 45:05WebSocket and SSE stubs
18. 45:49YAK.js WebSocket demo
19. 48:23Local REST/SSE server
20. 50:30GraphQL mocking tools
21. 51:33GraphQL with Pothos Server
22. 53:21Travky Alfaker GraphQL
23. 57:21Tool comparison
24. 1:00:21Q&A

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