react-graphql-apollo-tutorial/react-apollo-client-configuration

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* 1. Why are you not using Apollo Boost for this application?

Installing all packages yourself gives you a better understanding of the Apollo Client ecosystem.

Setting up the configuration yourself gives you a better understanding about the fine-grained composable Apollo Client instance.

Because more packages are better.

Because the Apollo Client that comes from Apollo Boost is too fast.

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* 2. What are the mandatory configurations to create a Apollo Client instance?

An URI that points to your exposed GraphQL API endpoint.

A cache to manage your data.

A data normalization strategy.

An authorization header.

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* 3. What’s the authorization header when creating a link instance used for?

Authorizing the application for usage of GitHub’s API scoped by roles.

Authorizing the application for usage of GitHub’s API scoped by permissions.

Authorizing the application for usage of GitHub’s API only by admins.

As an automatic sign up to GitHub’s platform.

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* 4. What’s the responsibility of Apollo Client’s cache?

It avoids to make requests with an identical query twice.

It automatically normalizes data.

It automatically prefetches data for an improved UX.

It automatically adds an optimistic UI strategy.

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* 5. How would you rate this section?

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* 6. What was the hardest part in this section?

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* 7. Do you have any suggestions for improving this section?

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