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Discussion on: Mongodb-native over mongoose?

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Lennart

As far as I know graphQL is just a query language and not a database system. If you want to work with it, you still have to install a database. Someone correct me if I'm wrong ;)

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Peter

My apologies I'm not looking for something that I don't need you install.

I was just wondering if anyone had experience with graphql and mongoose and Clips Blaine some differences.

Sorry about that

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Jacob Samuel G. • Edited

Hi Peter. As they mentioned before, graphql does not store data (it is not a database). It is a query language for APIS. In other words, it allows you to communicate with an api through queries like "SQL", that's all. It is more like a tool, that allows to work with an architecture different from the traditional REST APIs that work through endpoints and HTTP methods. I highly recommend reading the documentation, it is vastly fresh! :) graphql.org/learn/

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Peter

I have been working my way through YouTube conferences, docs and examples. Cannot wait for comprehension to give way to practicality