Symfony - Kévin Dunglas

REST vs GraphQL: illustrated examples with the API Platform framework (PHPTour/SymfonyLive)

Posted on March 30, 2018September 26, 2021 by Kévin Dunglas

GraphQL is an increasingly popular alternative to REST architectures for building web APIs. The query language promoted by Facebook has undeniable advantages: retrieve exactly what the client need, limitation of the number of queries, strong typing, powerful and extremely well thought out syntax… However, it also suffers from often underestimated problems including HTTP cache, logs,…

API Platform 2.2: GraphQL, JSON API, React admin and PWA, Kubernetes instant deployment and many more new features

Posted on January 24, 2018January 24, 2018 by Kévin Dunglas

I’m glad to announce the immediate availability of API Platform 2.2 beta 1. This is a huge release that comes with a lot of exciting features including (but not limited too): GraphQL and JSON API support Symfony 4 / Flex integration API Platform Admin integration (built with ReactJS and Admin On Rest) ReactJS and Vue.js…

HTTP/2, PHP and Symfony: a brief history of the protocol powering the web, and how to use it

Posted on January 17, 2018September 26, 2021 by Kévin Dunglas

Here are the slides I presented yesterday during the Paris Symfony Meetup. On the menu: a brief history of HTTP, how to use it with PHP (server and client-side) and how to push with Symfony 4. Learn more about Symfony’s HTTP/2 support in my in-depth presentation of the WebLink Component.