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Learning Neo4j 3.x - Second Edition

By : Jerome Baton
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Learning Neo4j 3.x - Second Edition

By: Jerome Baton

Overview of this book

Neo4j is a graph database that allows traversing huge amounts of data with ease. This book aims at quickly getting you started with the popular graph database Neo4j. Starting with a brief introduction to graph theory, this book will show you the advantages of using graph databases along with data modeling techniques for graph databases. You'll gain practical hands-on experience with commonly used and lesser known features for updating graph store with Neo4j's Cypher query language. Furthermore, you'll also learn to create awesome procedures using APOC and extend Neo4j's functionality, enabling integration, algorithmic analysis, and other advanced spatial operation capabilities on data. Through the course of the book you will come across implementation examples on the latest updates in Neo4j, such as in-graph indexes, scaling, performance improvements, visualization, data refactoring techniques, security enhancements, and much more. By the end of the book, you'll have gained the skills to design and implement modern spatial applications, from graphing data to unraveling business capabilities with the help of real-world use cases.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Authors
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Questions and answers


Q1. Analyzing impact often requires:

  1. A lot of manual work in the database.
  2. Complex join operations across multiple different types of information.
  3. A simple path finding query over a graph database such as Neo4j.

A: 3. Path finding is a great use case for Neo4j.

Q2. Which of the following use cases is a great hierarchical use case for Neo4j?

  1. Calculating the average selling price over a million different purchase transactions.
  2. Calculating access control over a directory tree of users in groups and departments.
  3. Calculating the shortest path on a road network between two cities.
  4. Recommending a new product purchase to an existing client.

Answer: 2. Access control is typically a great hierarchical use case, as evidenced by the multiple hierarchically organized directory servers on the market today. Hierarchies, however, are just a specific type of graph and so they are typically also a great use case for Neo4j.