Product Roadmap 2018

[manishrjain]

Work In Progress

• Support Open Cypher
• Support Gremlin
• Support GraphQL spec
• Subscriptions
• Stronger Type System
• Backup
• Python Driver
• Simplify TLS setup
• Authentication (full control)
• Jepsen test integration (http://jepsen.io/analyses/dgraph-1-0-2)

[WolfDan]

The GraphQL spec also includes specs like Union and enum types @manishrjain ?

[manishrjain]

Yeah, we'll try and support it as close to the spec as possible. I think GraphQL compatibility is needed by a lot of users.

[manishrjain]

Would anyone need support for JDBC driver?

[smkhalsa]

With support for Cypher, Gremlin, and GraphQL as the first 3 items on the Roadmap (not sure if the roadmap is in order of priority), is the intention to simply appeal to a broader base of users who may already be familiar with one of them? Or is there a valid reason why a user would want to use all three (e.g. tradeoffs in performance, simplicity for certain types of queries, etc?)

[smkhalsa]

@manishrjain What's your vision for Subscriptions? Do you intend on implementing the GraphQL Subscription spec or provide full reactivity that could enable things like @live queries?

Any ideas on what the API will look like?

[WolfDan]

Yeah, we'll try and support it as close to the spec as possible. I think GraphQL compatibility is needed by a lot of users.

That could be amazing! In my case I'm creating a Graphql api with Elixir, have the same schema in the app and the database can simplify the work a lot, I hope this get done soon :D

[akuckartz]

Is SPARQL already supported?

[sebastianmacias]

Great news! I'm really looking forward to Subscriptions. It would be a huge plus if dgraph could borrow some of the offline-first ideas from gun.js, extremely useful for PWAs.

[MichelDiz]

"Support GraphQL spec" - So, Will Dgraph have an optional "virtual" Schema type just for GraphQL? @manishrjain

[thetuxedo]

how about key cardinality? such as "Tom Hanks" has a predicate of type to multiple values "actor,director"

[rogerwaldvogel]

@manishrjain Can you tell when approximately Open Cypher support is implemented?

[MichelDiz]

Graphcool Graphql IDE turns out to be opensource in november 2017.
i believe that we could attach dgraph-js as a wrapper to graphcool IDE.
Or Dgraph Team observe them as an example to create Dgraph support for GraphQL IDE like.
https://youtu.be/WhYjSFKNhBA

See:
https://github.com/graphcool
https://github.com/graphcool/prisma
https://github.com/graphcool/graphql-playground

Check it out!

[sorenbs]

@MichelDiz - thank you for mentioning Graphcool :-)

GraphQL Playground is an open source replacement for GraphiQL and in no way specific to Graphcool or Prisma.

We'd be happy to jump on a call if anybody from Dgraph want an introduction or help integrating it. In the future we'll be adding a plugin system as well as support for custom styling that should make it easier to tie into Dgraph.

[MichelDiz]

@sorenbs Hey, I'm interested in the connector for Prisma. But I have no concept of programming with SCALA.

I think Prisma uses the prisma-binding, correct? If not, what are the principles for assembling a connector for the Prisma?

I think this would be enough to make Dgraph align with the graphcool tools.

[Textras]

Any update on how the top 2 items are going (Cypher and Gremlin) now that it is March?