GraphQL, REST or RPC? Making the choice!

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Clear claims and tradeoffs: JSON‑RPC and gRPC make RPC feel like calling remote functions and explain why Ethereum picks JSON‑RPC; REST leverages HTTP/2, status codes, e‑tags and content negotiation so caches and raw image responses work; GraphQL lets clients pick fields and reduce round trips but can DDoS servers without complexity limits and needs Relay/global ID patterns for sensible pagination. Concrete examples include a GraphQL author/books query (returns a totalCount of six in the demo) and an RPC POST-based method call that returns a result.

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1. 0:00Introduction to API styles
2. 2:38Understanding RPC APIs
3. 8:20Deep dive into RESTful APIs
4. 17:40GraphQL architecture and use
5. 25:13Selecting the right architecture
6. 35:28Versioning and API evolution
7. 40:47Design challenges and patterns
8. 52:10Errors, docs, and conclusions

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