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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

The Cypher refcard


Cypher is the declarative query language for Neo4j, the world's leading graph database, and it keeps evolving with time. The language is constantly documented in a reference card that is updated for every new version of Neo4j. You can find the complete Cypher Ref Card online at https://neo4j.com/docs/cypher-refcard/current/.

The refcard is also available from the Neo4j browser, the third tab on the left of the screen ("Documents") has a Cypher Refcard link.

Although URL schemes changed between versions, like http://neo4j.com/docs/2.0/cypher-refcard/ for version 2.0 and http://neo4j.com/docs/cypher-refcard/3.1/ for version 3.1, older versions of the refcard are still available.

Note

My advice is to download the PDF versions of the refcard for the Neo4j version(s) you use. This keeps me safe from network issues at the office. I also have one on my smartphone because it helps solve syntax errors.

The PDF refcard for version 3.2 is available at https://neo4j.com/docs/pdf/cypher...