Explore Apollo Federation and supergraph architecture in this beginner-friendly workshop. Learn to modularize your GraphQL backend by creating and using entities, publishing subgraph schemas, and leveraging tools like Rover CLI. Gain hands-on experience with federated architecture, entity creation, and subgraph interaction.

What you'll learn

• The federated architecture of a supergraph (subgraphs and the router)
• Create and publish subgraph schemas
• Use the Rover CLI to interact with your supergraph
• Use GraphOS Cloud to host your supergraph
• Create entities
• Use entities between subgraphs

Who this workshop is for

• API developers with a basic understanding of GraphQL, such as building queries and working with a schema, but not familiar with GraphQL Federation.

⚠️ Before the workshop...

If you have any questions or run into any issues with the workshop prep, send us an email at summit@apollographql.com. You can also hop on to the Apollo Discord group in the #summit-workshops channel, or scroll to the end of the page to leave a comment. We're here to help!

You will need the following:

You will also need:

Clone the repo locally

1. Clone the repo

   git clone TODO

   Copy

2. Open it up in your code editor.

3. Run npm install in a terminal.

4. Run npm run dev. This starts up the server in development mode, which means changes you make in your files will automatically restart the server. If all goes well, when you open up http://localhost:4001, you should see Sandbox Explorer! Feel free to play around with the schema if you're curious, but we'll go over it at the workshop!