apollo/project-roundups/2017-11-17.md

Apollo Project Roundup 11/17/17

A periodic roundup of important news and project updates in the Apollo open source community by @theadactyl. Keep on top of the latest initiatives, newly created resources, and opportunities to discuss and contribute. Make a PR to add anything we've missed!

Contributor Meetings

At Contributor Weekly, we looked at proposals for changing the focus and format of contributor meetings, updating project maintainer roles

• minutes here: https://github.com/apollographql/apollo/blob/master/meetings/contributors-weekly/17-11-14.md
• next meeting: 2017-11-28

@martijnwalraven led the first iOS contributor meeting to kick off a more community-centric development of Apollo iOS

• attended: Alex Astrom, @JustinDSN, @nubbel
• next meeting: 2017-11-29

@peggyrayzis led the first React Native AsyncStorage cache meeting to kick off a series of initiatives surrounding cache persistence & offline support

• minutes here: https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-cache-asyncstorage/blob/master/designs/meetings/11-17-17.md
• next meeting: 2017-12-13 @ 9AM

Project Updates

apollo-client news

• (issue) redux cache: https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-client/issues/2509
• (issue) offline support: https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-client/issues/2460
• (milestone) post 2.0 features milestone: https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-client/milestone/12

apollo-codegen news

• (PR) @lewisf submitted a PR (merged!) for new flow target for apollo-codegen: https://twitter.com/_lewisf/status/930337728083902466 (typescript is on its way)

apollo-link news

• watch @peggyrayzis's talk from graphql summit to get an overview the effort behind Apollo Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHjP2WFt0zU&t=1s
• since its release, many community members have been experimenting and building some of their own links: 53edb37bdf/docs/source/links/community.md
• apollo-link-state is already up, docs are WIP: https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-link-state

New projects

• reason-apollo: https://github.com/Gregoirevda/reason-apollo
• blips: state container for graphql heads https://github.com/monojack/blips

Contributors Wanted

• good issues for first-time contributors in apollo-client: https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-client/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Agood-first-issue
• @kamilkisiela is looking for help with apollo-angular documentation updates:
  • https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-angular/issues/415
  • https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-angular/issues/417
• @peggyrayzis is looking for collaborators on making apollo integrate better with react native:
  • async storage cache
  • devtools for react native
• @daniman looking to chat with devs with large (10-20+ kb) request queries

Fun Stuff

• GraphQL Summit videos are up! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpi1lPB6opQywks7yYYs5jJAIRI3faRTm
• The New York Times moved to Apollo: https://open.nytimes.com/the-new-york-times-now-on-apollo-b9a78a5038c
• the apollo-client code sandbox is in the top 10 for react! https://codesandbox.io/s/jvlrl98xw3
• @Matt-Dionis made a spinoff sandbox for Crypto Vue (A cryptocurrency rates tracker built with apollo-client 2.0 and vue-apollo 3.0): https://codesandbox.io/s/3vm8vq6kwq