hi, i wonder what's the best way now to integrate ...
# orm-helps
stevefan1999
11/11/2020, 5:50 PMhi, i wonder what's the best way now to integrate prisma with graphql? i know that prisma 2 is just a query engine now and not like the old days and some graphql operation is offloaded to something like nexus but it just feels unnatural
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nikolasburk
11/11/2020, 5:52 PM
Hey @stevefan1999 👋 there's not really a "best way" I think, but you can really use your preferred GraphQL library and use Prisma as an ORM when building out the server. This work with SDL-first approaches as well as code-first with Nexus or TypeGraphQL 🙌 Also, maybe you find some more helpful context here: https://www.prisma.io/graphql prisma rainbow graphql
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stevefan1999
11/11/2020, 5:56 PMi understand, but using either nexus or TGQL is not directly integrating with prisma 2...
stevefan1999
11/11/2020, 5:57 PMalso the typescript query client can only be used in server, i.e. no client side/mobile code right?
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Jonathan Romano
11/11/2020, 6:46 PMNot having any layer in the middle is typically a bad idea, since this means that you have no authorization layer. Even Prisma 1 highly recommended putting GraphQL Yoga in front of the Prisma server
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nikolasburk
11/11/2020, 7:12 PM
There are also some integration libraries for both TypeGraphQL and Nexus that allow you to auto-generate GraphQL models and CRUD resolvers. Maybe that's more what you're looking for?
nikolasburk
11/11/2020, 7:13 PM
also the typescript query client can only be used in server, i.e. no client side/mobile code right?Yes, Prisma 2 doesn't have a native GraphQL layer any more but really is "just an ORM", therefore you'd always need to use another GraphQL server library on top of it 🙂
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Lucas
11/11/2020, 9:51 PMI've got the same question. I started a project using nexus and nexus-plugin-prisma. Basically you can define your schema using nexus and automatically generate types/queries for your models using the
nexus-plugin-prisma.Lucas
11/11/2020, 9:53 PMBut I am not sure if this is a good choice to build a production. Honestly I had the feeling that the project is on lack of documentation and the based on the number of issues/replies on the repository I assume the maintainers are busy at the moment.
I would be keen to hear more if anyone is using this in production
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Ryan
11/12/2020, 6:57 AM@Lucas 👋
You’ll find people using Prisma + Nexus in the #showcase channel.