React's component model makes it easy to break down complex applications into simpler pieces. CSS-in-JS and GraphQL allow us to apply the component model to our styles and data dependencies. But when we bring this model to the server, the need to prefetch our app's data makes server side rendering a significant challenge. Apollo provides an out-of-the-box solution to this challenge that gives you all the benefits of SSR without the implementation headache. James Baxley explains the current state of SSR and how Apollo is making it easier then ever to render your application server side.

CONTENTS

0:05 - Intro
0:40 - Learn Once, Write Anywhere
2:45 - Why is SSR Valuable?
5:50 - Why GraphQL?
7:00 - Why Apollo?
8:58 - Components Only Model
9:48 - Demo
13:02 - Enabling Apollo SSR
14:50 - What's Next
16:18 - Questions

RESOURCES

Project site:
http://dev.apollodata.com

Github Repos:
https://github.com/apollographql