Jake Dawkins
I'm Jake! I was born and raised in South Carolina, but recently relocated to New York City. I'm an Apollo Architect on the Apollo GraphQL team, working on making the GraphQL ecosystem easier to use at any scale. I thoroughly enjoy working with others, teaching, and learning new things.
This site is just a summary of some of the things I've been working on. It is not at all exhaustive, and will continue to change.
Writing
Testing Apollo's Query Component
How the test utilities in react-apollo make writing tests a breeze
Read on MediumAuthorization in GraphQL
Practical methods for controlling access to the data in your API
Read on MediumLearning Regular Expressions with Colors
Regular expressions are a bit like a scientific calculator’s extra functions.
Read on MediumLearning Reason by Building in Reason
Anytime I’m exploring a new language, I like to familiarize myself with it by building something familiar. Like Quicksort or a BST
Read on MediumObject Key Validation in JavaScript
Checking if keys exist in objects based on logic rules doesn’t have to be hard.
Read on MediumMake Coding Fun
I love puzzles. I love memes. Stick figures are the peak of my artistic abilities. These are the reasons I love coding.
Read on MediumWhat is a Binary Search Tree?
A ground-up introduction to one of the most useful data structures.
Read on MediumMore Testable React Components
Some simple lessons I learned while refactoring components for unit testing
Read MoreIntro to Functional Programming Concepts
Some early notes of mine taken while I was learning functional programming
Read MoreThe Importance of Unimportant Hobbies
A lesson that I learned a while back about rest and relaxation
Read MoreSpeaking
Testing GraphQL (Video Coming Soon)
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.
View SlidesA Hands-On Look at Apollo GraphQL
A practical walkthrough of getting up and running with Apollo GraphQL, including using the newly released Apollo Server 2.0.
WatchGraphQL at the Edge
Talk given for GraphQL NYC on May 8, 2018. Discussing the future of Apollo Server and how to push it to the edge.
View SlidesWhen Front-End Met Back-End: A GraphQL Love Story
Talk given at Asbury Agile - Oct 6, 2017. Introducing GraphQL through a (very fake) love story
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