Cypher is the most important aspect of Neo4j, and many migrations to the Neo4j database from their SQL counterparts are because of it. It provides easy migration from the SQL background to Neo4j without losing flexibility in querying, which the SQL language provides.
In this recipe, you will learn the various aspects of how to improve Cypher query performance; however, it totally depends on the domain and the application involved.
To get started with this recipe, install Neo4j using the earlier recipes from Chapter 1, Getting Started with Neo4j, of this book.
The profiling of a Cypher query should be the first step.
Now, you will learn some aspects of how to improve Cypher query performance, which are explained here: