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In this podcast episode, Rob Walters and Michael Watson from Apollo GraphQL discuss OData and its integration with Apollo GraphQL. They explore OData's origins, its relevance to GraphQL developers, and how Apollo connectors can simplify the use of OData entities in GraphQL applications. The conversation also touches on performance considerations, developer experience in Visual Studio Code, and an upcoming Connectors Live webinar on building connectors.
References:
Connectors Live: Orchestrating OData APIs with Apollo Connectors
https://www.linkedin.com/events/7282425943275511808/comments/?utm_campaign=2025-01-15_Webinar_Orchestrating-OData-APIs-with-Apollo-Connectors-in-30-minutes&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=spotify
In this episode of the Apollo GraphQL podcast, Rob Walters, Product Marketing Manager at Apollo GraphQL, speaks with Michael Watson, Head of Developer Advocacy, about modern application development and the challenges developers face today. The discussion highlights Apollo Connectors, a powerful new feature that simplifies working with REST APIs by eliminating the need to write resolver code. Michael shares insights into how Apollo Connectors enable seamless API orchestration, optimize query planning, and improve developer workflows while maintaining strong security practices. Listeners will also learn about tools like Apollo Studio and Rover CLI. Whether you're modernizing existing applications or building new ones, this episode offers valuable insights for developers and organizations aiming to streamline API integration.
References:
Connectors Live: API Orchestration in 30 min a Stripe Checkout Workflow with Apollo Connectors
https://www.apollographql.com/events/api-orchestration-in-30-minutes-a-stripe-checkout-workflow-with-apollo-connectors
Apollo Odyssey Course: Apollo Connectors
https://www.apollographql.com/tutorials/connectors-intro-rest
Originally streamed on November 15, 2023 on our YouTube channel. Jeremy Lempereur, Senior Software Engineer, answers community questions about Apollo Router.
Topics
Overview of Apollo Router
Q&A: batched operations
Router customization
Running Apollo Router for free
Authorization and Authentication
Federated Subscriptions
Upcoming Router features
Links
Apollo Router GitHub repository
Router customization docs
Apollo Solutions customization load testing
Apollo Discord
Korinne’s talk on Federated Subscriptions
Alessia Bellisario and Jeff Auriemma talk about Apollo Client. Originally recorded in Apollo's Discord on October 6, 2023.
Topics:
Apollo Client’s release process
Apollo Client Devtools
Subscriptions, federation, and multi-part
Defer
nonreactive
Testing
Links:
Alessia’s GraphQL Conf talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0iNvXu5ZlU
Blog post on nonreactive: https://www.apollographql.com/blog/apollo-client/introducing-apollo-clients-nonreactive-directive-and-usefragment-hook/
Alessia’s website: https://aless.co
Apollo Discord: https://discord.gg/M6FT5cNR5B
Trevor Scheer (Apollo Server maintainer) joins Jeff Auriemma (Engineering Manager) to discuss all things Apollo Server. Originally streamed live in the Apollo Discord on August 25, 2023. You can also read the full transcript on our blog.
Topics
Apollo Server 3 to 4 migration
dataSources
Pagination
Plugins
Federation
Federated Mutations
Federated Subscriptions
Links
Apollo Server 4 migration guide
GraphQL pagination guide
Creating Apollo Server plugins
Federated Subscriptions
GraphQL Summit
Jerel Miller joins Jeff Auriemma to talk about Apollo Client (web). Originally streamed live on July 25, 2023, on the Apollo Discord.
Links:
Apollo Client Suspense docs
Spotify showcase
Apollo Client 3.8 release notes
@nonreactive blog post
Apollo Feature Requests repo
Topics:
React suspense
React lazy and code splitting
useSuspenseQuery
useBackgroundQuery & useReadQuery
Apollo Spotify showcase
Apollo Client 3.8
Document transforms
Benoit Lubek joins Jeff Auriemma to talk about Apollo Kotlin. Originally streamed in the Apollo Discord on July 3, 2023.
Links:
JetBrains Plugin Announcement
JetBrains Plugin GitHub Issues
Apollo Kotlin Slack
4.0 Error handling issue
Apollo Kotlin tutorial
Benoit’s website
Topics:
Android Studio and IntelliJ IDEA Plugin
Apollo Kotlin 4.0
Jetpack Compose
Gradle Enterprise
@defer
Google I/O 2023
Calvin Cestari and Jeff Auriemma discuss all the latest news for Apollo iOS—the GraphQL client for Swift. Originally streamed live in the Apollo Discord on 2023-06-16.
Links:
Full Transcript
Apollo iOS
WWDC '23 Megathread
Topics:
Defer directive
Directives refresher
Apollo iOS 1.2
New codegen configuration option
Migration guide and breaking changes
Initializers and test mocks
Raw JSON vs models
Custom scalars
WWDC
Apple Vision Pro
Supporting Mac, Apple Watch, and more
Lenz Weber-Tronic and Jeff Auriemma discuss Apollo Client, React Server Components, and more! Originally streamed live in the Apollo Discord on 2023-05-30.
Links:
Full Transcript
Apollo Client
React Server Components
Apollo Client Next.js
Topics:
Caching in Apollo Client
Cache Metrics
React Server Components
Apollo Client 3.8
How to contact us
Apollo Client and React Native
Martin Bonnin and Jeff Auriemma discuss all the latest news for Apollo Kotlin. Originally streamed live in the Apollo Discord on 2023-05-10.
Links:
Full Transcript
Apollo Kotlin
Confetti
Topics:
Normalized Cache
Jetpack compose
Confetti
Optimistic updates
Java Support
WASM
Anthony Miller and Jeff Auriemma discuss Apollo iOS in our first-ever office hours. Originally live streamed in Apollo's Discord on 2023-04-20.
Topics:
Migrating to 1.0
What will 2.0 be like?
Generating models
Community feedback
Codable protocol
GraphQL Nullable
@exported
@defer
Scalars
Links:
Full Transcript
Apollo iOS




