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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

Using Neo4j in a Docker container


Now, what if you want to install Neo4j locally, without really installing it on a server, and not have to face the Cinderella effect of the time limit of the Sandbox? Docker comes to the rescue!

Note

Docker is a technology of virtualization that allows you to run images of a system without the weight of a virtual machine. I encourage you to look at this technology, as it allows you to do continuous deployment (CD) of applications. For Docker-related books, look at this URL on the Packt website: https://www.packtpub.com/all?search=docker.

Our goal will be to run a Neo4j Docker image so that we will be able to access the running image as if it was a separate server. For this part, we will use the community edition on Linux Mint, which is based on Ubuntu. Therefore, our examples are given for a GNU/Linux host

Installing Docker

Nothing comes without a little effort, so you need to install docker-ce, if you have not done so already.

Note

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