Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Supper Club × ORMs with Nikolas Burk from Prisma
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Oct 7, 2022 Nikolas Burk leads the developer advocacy team at Prisma and shares insights from his journey at the company. He dives into the evolution of Prisma from a GraphQL backend to a powerful ORM tool, discussing its enhanced capabilities and user accessibility. Nikolas explains the vital role of ORMs in web development and the rise of serverless databases. He also contrasts TRPC with GraphQL, emphasizing type safety and ease of implementation. Listeners will appreciate his take on the future of application deployment with Edge Networks.
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Prisma's Evolution in Wes' Course
- Wes built his Advanced React course using Graphcool, Prisma 1, and Keystone.
- Keystone uses Prisma as an ORM, highlighting Prisma's evolution.
Graphcool's Frontend Focus and Limitations
- Graphcool, Prisma's predecessor, offered a GraphQL backend as a service, simplifying data modeling and API creation for frontend developers.
- However, developers often transitioned away from Graphcool for production due to limitations in flexibility and scaling.
Prisma 1's Backend Focus and Confusion
- Prisma 1 aimed to be a backend tool, acting as a GraphQL proxy server for databases, abstracting database interactions for backend developers building GraphQL APIs.
- This approach confused frontend developers who expected a direct GraphQL endpoint.