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Netflix has a pretty awesome open source library, they are worth checking out as well. https://netflix.github.io/ https://netflix.github.io/

curun1r 11y ago
It's funny you should mention Netflix. They demoed something called Falkor two years ago that is/was extremely similar to Relay/GraphQL. It's unfortunate that it's made so little progress in the past two years, but it wouldn't surprise me of the talks on Falkor had influenced or inspired Facebook's implementation. For those that want links: https://twitter.com/falcorjs https://twitter.com/falcorjs http://moduscreate.com/falcor-mvc-for-an-asynchronous-world http://moduscreate.com/falcor-mvc-for-an-asynchronous-world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8UgDZ4rXBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8UgDZ4rXBU
- spicyj 11y ago
  > two years ago AFAIK Falcor was announced just six months ago in spring 2015; I assume it is making progress towards a release. Relay wasn't based on it.
  - curun1r 11y ago
    You're mistaken. My first exposure to it was a talk at QCon in Nov 2013. It wasn't posted publicly online until Feb 2014, but here's the link: http://www.infoq.com/presentations/netflix-reactive-rest http://www.infoq.com/presentations/netflix-reactive-rest
- robwormald 11y ago
  fwiw Jafar announced last week it would be open sourced in the next couple of weeks [1], and a number of people have access already and are helping with documentation and the like. Falcor and Relay are conceptually similar but Relay is much more of a query engine, and Falcor isn't so much. [1] https://plus.google.com/events/ca3l6qalpu0uqcce58a379006m0 https://plus.google.com/events/ca3l6qalpu0uqcce58a379006m0
- lewisl9029 11y ago
  I remember from a David Nolen talk that Relay/GraphQL and Falkor were actually developed in complete isolation from each other, believe it or not. The fact that these two companies came up with the same idea independently just reinforces how truly beneficial it must be. I can't wait to try Om Next's implementation of this concept in my apps!

curun1r 11y ago

It's funny you should mention Netflix. They demoed something called Falkor two years ago that is/was extremely similar to Relay/GraphQL. It's unfortunate that it's made so little progress in the past two years, but it wouldn't surprise me of the talks on Falkor had influenced or inspired Facebook's implementation. For those that want links: https://twitter.com/falcorjs https://twitter.com/falcorjs http://moduscreate.com/falcor-mvc-for-an-asynchronous-world http://moduscreate.com/falcor-mvc-for-an-asynchronous-world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8UgDZ4rXBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8UgDZ4rXBU

spicyj 11y ago
> two years ago AFAIK Falcor was announced just six months ago in spring 2015; I assume it is making progress towards a release. Relay wasn't based on it.
- curun1r 11y ago
  You're mistaken. My first exposure to it was a talk at QCon in Nov 2013. It wasn't posted publicly online until Feb 2014, but here's the link: http://www.infoq.com/presentations/netflix-reactive-rest http://www.infoq.com/presentations/netflix-reactive-rest
robwormald 11y ago
fwiw Jafar announced last week it would be open sourced in the next couple of weeks [1], and a number of people have access already and are helping with documentation and the like. Falcor and Relay are conceptually similar but Relay is much more of a query engine, and Falcor isn't so much. [1] https://plus.google.com/events/ca3l6qalpu0uqcce58a379006m0 https://plus.google.com/events/ca3l6qalpu0uqcce58a379006m0
lewisl9029 11y ago
I remember from a David Nolen talk that Relay/GraphQL and Falkor were actually developed in complete isolation from each other, believe it or not. The fact that these two companies came up with the same idea independently just reinforces how truly beneficial it must be. I can't wait to try Om Next's implementation of this concept in my apps!