GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime for fulfilling those queries with your existing data. GraphQL provides a complete and understandable description of the data in your API, gives clients the power to ask for exactly what they need and nothing more, makes it easier to evolve APIs over time, and enables powerful developer tools.

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First, head to [hasura.io](https://hasura.io) and create a free account. Then, create a new project using a Herkou database. Just like that you'll have a Hasura instance up and running!

Create a Hasura Project on Hasura Cloud

Over the course of the next few videos, we will be creating a simplified Twitter clone with users and statuses on Hasura. We will create two tables, `users` and `statuses` and add a foreign key between them. We'll also populate the databases using Hasura's interface.

Create Tables on Hasura

In this video, we run a SQL query and a GraphQL query and mutation in Hasura, demonstrating the multiple ways you can access data.

Querying Data in Hasura

In this video, we will make a fetch request in JavaScript in order to demonstrate requesting data from a Hasura endpoint.

Getting Started with Hasura

Ali Spittel

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