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Lesson 1.2 - REST Problems and the First GraphQL Fixes (opens in new tab)

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Good morning, everyone! Welcome back. In our previous lesson, we compared REST and GraphQL at a high, architectural level. Today, we are going one layer deeper. Our Goal today is to analyze the first two critical API data-fetching problems that show up repeatedly in production-grade React Native applications: over-fetching and under-fetching. Understanding these two issues will show you exactly why so many engineering teams choose to migrate their mobile applications to GraphQL. 1. Problem On...

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