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AWS AppSync – Build data-driven apps with real-time and offline capabilities

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Post by nbrempel » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 3:45 PM UTC

AWS AppSync – Build data-driven apps with real-time and offline capabilities
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Post by philosopherlawr » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:10 PM UTC

If only this had offline support for non-NodeJS GraphQL

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Post by neom » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:10 PM UTC

Pardon my ignorance, this is the AWS answer to Firebase?

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Post by abalone » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:11 PM UTC

I.e. AWS’s take on Firebase, built on AWS primitives.

This has been out for a few months now. Any experiences with it?

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Post by codyswann » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:20 PM UTC

abalone wrote: post #4

I.e. AWS’s take on Firebase, built on AWS primitives. This has been out for a few months now. Any experiences with it?

I'm leading development on a React Native app using AppSync.

So far it's amazing.

It leverages Apollo for offline/GraphQL capabilities and Apache VTL to bind resources.

It also integrates really nicely with AWS Amplify.

One thing that was a bit of an annoyance was access levels.

You can authenticate with the GraphQL api using a Key, IAM or Cognito JWT

Key is for development only.

IAM does not expose Cognito Groups to VTL

JWT requires an active session.

So we had to create a "fake" account for non-signed in access.

Use case being, a "guest" can read data from the API but only "admins" can write data to the API

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Post by nslog » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:24 PM UTC

philosopherlawr wrote: post #2

If only this had offline support for non-NodeJS GraphQL

It does - you can do offline with Android and iOS too: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/appsync/latest/devguide/building...

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Post by itake » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:26 PM UTC

neom wrote: post #3

Pardon my ignorance, this is the AWS answer to Firebase?

I don't think Firebase supports GraphQL or Apollo?

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Post by jchrisa » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:26 PM UTC

Does it support peer-to-peer connections among edge devices?

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Post by neom » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:31 PM UTC

itake wrote: post #7

neom wrote: post #3

Pardon my ignorance, this is the AWS answer to Firebase?

I don't think Firebase supports GraphQL or Apollo?

As far as I know, you are quite correct. I should have tempered with generally speaking.

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Post by jkarneges » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:32 PM UTC

itake wrote: post #7

neom wrote: post #3

Pardon my ignorance, this is the AWS answer to Firebase?

I don't think Firebase supports GraphQL or Apollo?

Regardless of protocol/software used, I think it could still be called an answer to Firebase, since AppSync and Firebase are both "backend-as-a-service" systems with realtime updates, useful for rapid app development.