AWS AppSync – Build data-driven apps with real-time and offline capabilities • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by ggregoire » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:33 PM UTC

I wonder why most companies building simple CRUD apps still don't use those services (AppSync, Firebase, Graphcool, etc)? Seems like cheaper than hiring a backend developer + a devops.

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

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Post by fredliu » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:35 PM UTC

How/Does it handle push notifications to iOS/Android/Web? Similar to Firebase?

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

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Post by k__ » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:37 PM UTC

fredliu wrote: post #12

How/Does it handle push notifications to iOS/Android/Web? Similar to Firebase?

As far as I know GraphQL has subscriptions

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

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Post by k__ » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:39 PM UTC

neom wrote: post #3

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

Yes.

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

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Post by ryanmarsh » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:40 PM UTC

k__ wrote: post #13

fredliu wrote: post #12

How/Does it handle push notifications to iOS/Android/Web? Similar to Firebase?

As far as I know GraphQL has subscriptions

AppSync supports graphql subscriptions on mutations. They’re delivered using to the browser using MQTT.

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

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Post by k__ » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:41 PM UTC

codyswann wrote: post #5

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…

I had the impression Cognito had this feature, but maybe I'm thinking of Auth0 here

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

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Post by fredliu » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:41 PM UTC

k__ wrote: post #13

fredliu wrote: post #12

How/Does it handle push notifications to iOS/Android/Web? Similar to Firebase?

As far as I know GraphQL has subscriptions

Thanks for the response. I should have been more specific, what's AppSync's mechanism for push notification for the 3 platforms: FCM (GCM?) for Android? APNs for iOS? HTML5 Push API for browsers?

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

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Post by ryanmarsh » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:42 PM UTC

k__ wrote: post #14

neom wrote: post #3

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

Yes.

No. This is AWS response to the various graphql as a service companies.

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

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Post by k__ » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:42 PM UTC

ryanmarsh wrote: post #15

k__ wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As far as I know GraphQL has subscriptions

AppSync supports graphql subscriptions on mutations. They’re delivered using to the browser using MQTT.

MQTT via WebSockets?

Is this using AWS IoT?

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

#20

Post by ryanmarsh » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 4:43 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?

To my knowledge Firebase doesn’t support graphql. I wish this meme about AppSync being AWS Firebase would die.

AppSync is very different from Firebase but not that different from the other graphql-as-a-service companies.