Initialization

Run the following commands to set up the virtual environment, populate the database and start the server:

poetry install
poetry shell
python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py loaddata db.json
python manage.py runserver

Evaluate

Django REST

• Go to http://127.0.0.1:8000/api-auth/components/.
• Use the provided interface (<< Previous | Next >>) to retrieve new pages.
• You can directly access the timing results from the Django Debug Toolbar on the left side.

Strawberry Django GraphQL

• Go to http://127.0.0.1:8000/graphql/ for the GraphiQL interface.
• Copy the query from <this_project_directory>/components/tests.py and paste it into the GraphiQL interface.
• You can directly access the timing results from the Django Debug Toolbar on the left side.

Alternatively, you can run:

python manage.py test --keepdb

which is surprisingly faster by roughly a factor of 2 compared to the GraphiQL interface.

You can directly access the timing results from the Django Debug Toolbar on the left side.

Results

• REST endpoint: Approx. 500-700 milliseconds per 100 items page.
• GraphiQL interface: Approx. 18 seconds for 100 items.
• Direct GraphQL query of the schema via test: Approx. 7 seconds for 100 items.