DeveloperWeek 2023

Shahar Binyamin, CEO and co-founder, Inigo  

Developers continue to turn to the open source GraphQL data query language to make APIs faster and more powerful—and with good reason. While a REST API needs to load data from multiple URLs, GraphQL APIs fuel applications that are quicker and more responsive by collecting all requisite data in a single request. This and other improvements on REST API limitations and inefficiencies have won GraphQL ever-growing popularity with developers and adoption at scale by many of the biggest companies in the world.

Yet while GraphQL is a clear path forward for modernizing API practices, it is often a headache to operate and secure. The lack of support platforms, developer tools, and security awareness forces developers to be self-reliant in building their own complex workarounds to issues. Limited visibility often results in poor developer experiences and DevOps challenges, while GraphQL security vulnerabilities have led to high-profile data exposure incidents.

Developers at this DeveloperWeek session will learn how to overcome these challenges and harness GraphQL’s full potential. From a discussion of CI/CD tools to improve the developer experience, to how to implement a universal security layer and get schema-based access control, to how to get the GraphQL analytics needed to track patterns and performance, attendees will come away ready to optimize their GraphQL strategies for safer and more efficient implementations. The talk will also cover how to boost GraphQL security in the context of compliance—including an understanding of both common and uncommon attack paths.