# GraphQL First in practice at Quri

DevFeed: [GraphQL First in practice at Quri](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/graphql-first-in-practice-at-quri-23327.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/graphql-first-in-practice-at-quri-7bf84b260135>)

Author: Loïc Chollier

Published: 2017-09-25T00:01:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Mocking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mocking.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [Front end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend.md>)

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## AI overview

The article describes how Quri applied GraphQL First, or schema-first, development to let front-end and back-end developers build features in parallel. It discusses experiments with mocked schemas and introduces graphql-faker as a CLI tool for extending an existing schema and working with real and mocked data.

## Source excerpt

GraphQL First, or "schema first", development is a concept that was unveiled about a year ago when the Apollo Dev team first published an article about it and then described it in detail at GraphQL Summit in San Francisco: At Quri, we have been betting big on GraphQL since early 2016, and that philosophy was just another "Aha!" moment for us.