Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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June 27, 2024: This video uses Amplify Gen 1, if you're starting a new Amplify app I recommend trying out Gen 2 - dev.to/aws/introducing-a-new-fullstack-typescript-dx-for-aws-1ap9!

What is GraphQL? Why would you use it? Why wouldn't you use it? How do you create an API and query with it in GraphQL? Learn all that and much more in this tutorial.

I work as a Developer Advocate for AWS Amplify, please let me know if you have any feedback for us, and join our Discord: discord.gg/amplify to ask questions!

👩🏼‍💻 Links Mentioned 👩🏼‍💻

APIs - freecodecamp.org/news/what-is-an-api-in-english-please-b880a3214a82
REST - redhat.com/en/topics/api/what-is-a-rest-api
React Tutorial - welearncode.com/beginners-guide-react-2020
Blog Post Version of this tutorial - welearncode.com/beginners-guide-graphql

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