REST or GraphQL? Examples with Symfony and API Platform

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Compares REST and GraphQL for web APIs, describing GraphQL’s strengths (selective data fetching, fewer requests, strong typing) and its weaknesses (poor fit with existing cache/log/security/auth mechanisms, need for custom parser). Presents API Platform (built on Symfony) as a tool that easily creates REST APIs (JSON-LD, JSON:API) and GraphQL, and walks through use cases showing when to choose GraphQL, REST, or both together.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 12:27What is GraphQL?
3. 19:03REST vs GraphQL
4. 24:56API Platform API
5. 36:11Performance and caching
6. 41:44API philosophy and ethics
7. 45:13Q&A

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