Aaaand... liftoff! The 2023 edition is in orbit. Clearer, fully reviewed for Drupal 10, new documentation system, translated in French, and a dark theme.
In this fist part, we will compare the key differences between the Drupal GraphQL module versions 3 and 4, where to start and various ways to write a schema with version 4.
Running Drupal on the PHP built-in server can be used for quick evaluation / testing, but also for day-to-day development. Let's see why, what it takes, and how to solve common pitfalls or requirements like a mail catcher, Solr, ...
Gatsby and Next are both based on React and become more and more adopted, far beyond the Drupal sphere. Choosing a decoupled solution comes with a resource cost though (budget, team-wise), and might not be the right fit for every project. Working with these solutions is still time well invested.
We will see how to get a minimal and fast Drupal 9 setup in 3 commands. It just relies on a PHP built-in server, so no Docker here, the only requirements are Composer and PHP. Then, we will do a recap of the available tools for developers.