Graphql why?

You may have heard about Gatsby and that it uses graphql

This may cause you to ask:

Why GraphQL? Do i really need to learn this to make use of Gatsby?

So to answer your question:

Because GraphQL is BaddASS and yes you need to learn it

but don't worry, it's not that hard.

Lets look at what it means to query things in graphql:

What is a graphql query?