# The GraphQL stack: How everything fits together

DevFeed: [The GraphQL stack: How everything fits together](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-graphql-stack-how-everything-fits-together-23540.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/the-graphql-stack-how-everything-fits-together-35f8bf34f841>)

Author: Sashko Stubailo

Published: 2017-11-07T23:17:24Z

Content type: article

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>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Caching](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/caching.md>), [tracing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tracing.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [caching](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/caching.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [tracing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tracing.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how the GraphQL stack fits together and examines GraphQL's query language, schema, and separation between API providers and consumers. It discusses full-stack integration through caching, performance tracing, and schema stitching, while noting that some described functionality is aspirational.

## Source excerpt

It's been over 2 years since GraphQL was released as an open source technology by Facebook. Since then, the community has grown exponentially, and there are now thousands of companies using GraphQL in production. At this October's GraphQL Summit 2017, I had the privilege of giving the opening keynote on the second day. You can watch the full talk on YouTube, or read this post to get a quick overview.