---
title: "Building a GraphQL server with Netflix DGS: An unfiltered review"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-graphql-server-with-netflix-dgs-an-unfiltered-review-uegloxecv
source_url: https://hasura.io/blog/building-a-graphql-server-with-netflix-dgs-an-unfiltered-review/
type: article
source: "Hasura"
published: 2024-02-29T19:33:38.794Z
updated: 2024-05-09T09:21:59.549Z
tags: ["java", "graphql", "kotlin", "spring-boot"]
reading_time: 15
upvotes: 2
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Building a GraphQL server with Netflix DGS: An unfiltered review

**[Hasura](https://daily.dev/sources/hasura)** · 15 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

This post provides an unfiltered review of building a GraphQL server with Netflix DGS in Java. It discusses the schema-first approach in GraphQL, the features of a GraphQL server, and the steps to implement a Netflix DGS GraphQL server. It also explores the benefits and drawbacks of adopting a compiler approach over a resolver approach.

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daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://hasura.io/blog/building-a-graphql-server-with-netflix-dgs-an-unfiltered-review/>

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Tags: [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java), [#graphql](https://daily.dev/tags/graphql), [#kotlin](https://daily.dev/tags/kotlin), [#spring-boot](https://daily.dev/tags/spring-boot)

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