# Building a Next.js App with Apollo Client & Slash GraphQL

DevFeed: [Building a Next.js App with Apollo Client & Slash GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/building-a-next-js-app-with-apollo-client-slash-graphql-23240.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/building-a-next-js-app-with-slash-graphql>)

Author: Apoorv Vardhan

Published: 2020-11-11T15:11:41Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Apollo Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/apollo-blog.md>)

Topics: [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [Next.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/next-js.md>), [Tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tutorial.md>), [apollo-client](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/apollo-client.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [client](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/client.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [apollo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo.md>), [apollo-client](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo-client.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [next-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/next-js.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial for building a simple Next.js app from scratch with Apollo Client and Slash GraphQL. It covers creating a GraphQL schema, deploying a managed GraphQL backend, configuring Apollo Client, and building an English Premier League player directory with a points table.

## Source excerpt

Slash GraphQL is a managed GraphQL cloud service that gives your app a API endpoint from nothing more than your app's GraphQL schema. It's the fastest way to start a GraphQL app. In this blog post, we will build a simple NextJS app from scratch, using Apollo Client to consume the GraphQL API of Slash GraphQL.