install from CDN?

[guykatz]

hi all;
I do not use NPM/WEBPACK etc. I have 2 questions:

1. can I 'install' this library from CDN
2. can I use ES5 only with this library? (not ES6 transpiled to 5 but actual 5 from the start)
   thanks

[rafalp]

This is GraphQL Server implementation

NPM and WebPack are two different things:

• NPM is package manager that is used to install dependencies. It's good thing and you should use it. Some argue that Yarn is superior package manager, but I believe both are supported.
• WebPack is a bundler. It takes number of source files and bundles them into much smaller number of files by following in-file imports like require()s or include. This is done to make application work in browsers, which don't handle JS modules too well.

GraphQL.js you are seeing here is library for writing GraphQL servers. It should run on the server with node.js using express or such. Many people opt-in to use Apollo-Server which packs GraphQL up in single easy to use package that enables developer to start working on their GraphQL API quickly.

[IvanGoncharov]

@rafalp Thanks for detail answer 👍

can I 'install' this library from CDN

@guykatz We distribute GraphQL as CJS/MJS package on NPM.
This library is huge (ATM. ~700kb and growing with each release) but highly modular so we expect that frontend apps will use only necessary parts. That's why we don't release it as a single file bundle and expect developers to use it together with bundlers.

can I use ES5 only with this library? (not ES6 transpiled to 5 but actual 5 from the start)

Yes, we publishing only ES5 code on NPM

[networkimprov]

Sorry for posting to an old issue, but in case it helps anyone...
The NPM module appears to be available here, size 161Kb:
https://www.jsdelivr.com/package/npm/graphql

The file starts:
Bundled by jsDelivr using Rollup v2.74.1 and Terser v5.15.1.
Original file: /npm/graphql@16.6.0/index.mjs