# GraphQL is for Backend Engineers

DevFeed: [GraphQL is for Backend Engineers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/graphql-is-for-backend-engineers-23330.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/graphql-is-for-backend-engineers>)

Author: Dylan Anthony

Published: 2024-02-05T15:35:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

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

Topics: [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [rest](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rest.md>), [schema](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/schema.md>), [sdl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdl.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that GraphQL offers backend engineers benefits comparable to its frontend advantages. It presents GraphQL's schema definition language as a shared way to document APIs and communicate between teams, keeping documentation synchronized with implementation while supporting code generation, IDE assistance, and easier debugging. It also contrasts these benefits with communication and coordination challenges in REST API development.

## Source excerpt

Most articles explaining the benefits of GraphQL focus on advantages for the frontend: things like preventing overfetching, reducing round trips, and iterating faster. But GraphQL provides just as many advantages for backend developers, which is why I choose it by default for new APIs and why you should consider it, too. Improved communication The goal of building any API is to enable someone to use it, which requires excellent communication between API producers and consumers.