I'm developing a local audio file browser using Python and SQLAlchemy for data storage in a SQLite database. My current setup includes models, repositories, and a service layer that connects to a PYQt frontend. I'm trying to decide whether it would be better to implement a full REST or GraphQL API for my backend operations to interact with the frontend, or if I should just have the frontend call the methods defined in my service layer directly. What's the best approach here?
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You might want to skip the full REST API for a smaller project like yours. Using your service methods directly could keep things simpler and more efficient for your application. A lot of small apps do just fine that way, especially if your frontend and backend are tightly coupled. But, if you think you might want to change the backend or frontend in the future, going for the API approach might give you better flexibility.
That makes sense! I like the idea of keeping it simple for now and switching if needed later. Thanks for the insight!