Desk 01 - Design
August 11, 2020An ode to midcentury writing desks, made with walnut
Written by Jake Dawkins, who is an Open Source Engineer at Apollo GraphQL. He maintains the Apollo CLI & Editor Extensions. Loves learning, teaching and is a purveyor of fine memes. You should follow him on Twitter
I'm Moving
May 11, 2020Life update: I'm moving back to South Carolina
Unwrap and Expect in Rust
April 16, 2020Explaining how to use unwrap and expect in Rust project to handle Option and Result!
Getting Acquainted with Rust — First Look
March 12, 2020Exploring where Rust shines, and my first impressions
GraphQL Tooling
October 01, 2019[SLIDES] GraphQL has always promised a development experience like no other through advanced and easy-to-use tooling. But have we reached that point yet? In this talk, I discussed the state of GraphQL tooling, how to get the most out of GraphQL, and what could be improved with how people work on GraphQL projects.
Testing GraphQL
October 08, 2018[VIDEO] Teams that adopt GraphQL see it become a powerful, yet critical part of how their applications work. The schemas that power these apps act as an important agreement between servers and clients. So how do you support such an important piece of infrastructure? With tests of course! This talk will be a deep dive into how to test the Apollo Platform, giving you the security you need to go into production.
Testing Apollo's Query Component
June 14, 2018How the test utilities in react-apollo make writing tests a breeze
A Hands-On Look at Apollo GraphQL
May 31, 2018[VIDEO] A practical walkthrough of getting up and running with Apollo GraphQL, including using the newly released Apollo Server 2.0.
Authorization in GraphQL
May 15, 2018Practical methods for controlling access to the data in your API
GraphQL at the Edge
May 08, 2018[SLIDES] Talk given for GraphQL NYC on May 8, 2018. Discussing the future of Apollo Server and how to push it to the edge.
Learning Regular Expressions with Colors
February 12, 2018Regular expressions are a bit like a scientific calculator’s extra functions.
Learning Reason by Building in Reason
January 10, 2018Anytime I’m exploring a new language, I like to familiarize myself with it by building something familiar. Like Quicksort or a BST
Object Key Validation in JavaScript
January 05, 2018Checking if keys exist in objects based on logic rules doesn’t have to be hard.
When Front-End Met Back-End: A GraphQL Love Story
October 06, 2017[SLIDES] Talk given at Asbury Agile - Oct 6, 2017. Introducing GraphQL through a (very fake) love story
Make Coding Fun
October 05, 2017I love puzzles. I love memes. Stick figures are the peak of my artistic abilities. These are the reasons I love coding.
What is a Binary Search Tree?
September 12, 2017A ground-up introduction to one of the most useful data structures.
Intro to Functional Programming Concepts
Invalid dateSome early notes of mine taken while I was learning functional programming
More Testable React Components
Invalid dateSome simple lessons I learned while refactoring components for unit testing
The Importance of Unimportant Hobbies
Invalid dateA lesson that I learned a while back about rest and relaxation