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## Guides and articles:

-   [How to use @argumentsDefinitions to define local variables to your fragments](https://medium.com/entria/relay-modern-argumentdefinitions-d53769dbb95d) (by Entria)
-   [Deep Dive of Updater Relay Store function. How to update your store properly after a mutation or subscription](https://medium.com/entria/wrangling-the-client-store-with-the-relay-modern-updater-function-5c32149a71ac) (by Entria)
-   [Optimistic Update: how to update your UI before server responds](https://medium.com/entria/relay-modern-optimistic-update-a09ba22d83c9) (by Entria)
-   [Relay Network Deep Dive - how to incrementally improve your network layer to manage complex data fetching requirements](https://medium.com/entria/relay-modern-network-deep-dive-ec187629dfd3) (by Entria)
-   [Relay Modern with TypeScript - how to configure Relay Modern to make it with TypeScript](https://medium.com/@sibelius/relay-modern-migration-to-typescript-c26ab0ee749c) (by @sibelius)
-   [Collection of random thoughts and discoveries around Relay](https://mrtnzlml.com/docs/relay)

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## Relay example projects

These projects serve as an example of how to use Relay in real world applications. Some of them are even with educational videos.

-   [github.com/relayjs/relay-examples](https://github.com/relayjs/relay-examples)
-   [github.com/adeira/relay-example](https://github.com/adeira/relay-example)
-   [github.com/juffalow/react-relay-example](https://github.com/juffalow/react-relay-example)

## Learn basics

Here, you will find articles written by the Relay community. They touch on basic topics that are necessary for daily work.

-   [What is a fragment? Basic explanation of what is a fragment and what it is used for](https://medium.com/@sibelius/relay-modern-what-is-a-fragment-c70f164c2469) (by @sibelius)
-   [Relay anti-patterns. What you should avoid doing when using Relay concepts](https://medium.com/entria/relay-apollo-anti-pattern-d9f4dea47738) (by Entria)
-   [Insights of how Relay Modern has improved a lot since Relay Classic](https://medium.com/entria/relay-is-just-getting-better-54112ffc1a9e) (by Entria)
-   [How to use @argumentsDefinitions to define local variables to your fragments](https://medium.com/entria/relay-modern-argumentdefinitions-d53769dbb95d) (by Entria)
-   [How to paginate using a Refetch Container. You can use a refetch container to paginate as well, just use renderVariables correctly](https://medium.com/entria/relay-modern-pagination-using-refetch-container-editing-a07c6b33ae4e) (by Entria)

## About Relay Store

-   [How Relay Modern stores your data](https://medium.com/@sibelius/relay-modern-the-relay-store-8984cd148798) (by @sibelius)
-   [Deep Dive of Updater Relay Store function. How to update your store properly after a mutation or subscription](https://medium.com/entria/wrangling-the-client-store-with-the-relay-modern-updater-function-5c32149a71ac) (by Entria)
-   [Optimistic Update: how to update your UI before server responds](https://medium.com/entria/relay-modern-optimistic-update-a09ba22d83c9) (by Entria)
-   [Local State Management, part 1 - how to create a controlled input using Relay](https://babangsund.com/relay_local_state_management/) (by @babangsund)
-   [Local State Management, part 2 - how to manage global state and localStorage persistence on the client, using Relay](https://babangsund.com/relay_local_state_management_2/) (by @babangsund)
-   [Local State Management, part 3 - using LocalQueryRenderer and local state to manage nested fragments](https://babangsund.com/relay_local_state_management_3/) (by @babangsund)

## Network Layer

-   [Relay Network Deep Dive - how to incrementally improve your network layer to manage complex data fetching requirements](https://medium.com/entria/relay-modern-network-deep-dive-ec187629dfd3) (by Entria)

## Relay Configuration

-   [Relay Modern with TypeScript - how to configure Relay Modern to make it with TypeScript](https://medium.com/@sibelius/relay-modern-migration-to-typescript-c26ab0ee749c) (by @sibelius)

## Miscellaneous

-   [Relay Modern Learning Blog Posts Thread on Twitter](https://twitter.com/sseraphini/status/1078595758801203202)
-   [Collection of random thoughts and discoveries around Relay](https://mrtnzlml.com/docs/relay)

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