Author Eric Baer

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Eric Baer is a software engineer based in Seattle and over the last decade he has worked on projects ranging from embedded systems in C++ to high traffic APIs in Java to large JavaScript applications. For the past five years, he has been working to specialize in JavaScript and the associated ecosystem. Most recently, he has been consulting through Formidable with companies like Starbucks and Walmart to drive large international e-commerce projects on the web.

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A GraphQL Primer: The Evolution Of API Design (Part 2)

January 31, 2018 — In Part 1 we looked at how APIs have evolved over the last few decades and how each one gave way to the next. In this second part, let’s look at where mobile client API design appears to be headed — with a particular emphasis on GraphQL. Read More…

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A GraphQL Primer: Why We Need A New Kind Of API (Part 1)

January 24, 2018 — Rather than exploring features first, it is helpful to put them into context and to understand how they came to exist. An introduction to GraphQL and lessons learned from the last 60 years of API development. Read More…