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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


Question 1. If I wanted to build an application that included graph visualization, I would have to build that visualization from scratch.

  1. True
  2. False

Answer. False. While many applications benefit from a customized visualization solution, there are a number of solutions and libraries out there that can help you. At a minimum, these libraries and/or solutions will provide you with a baseline from which you can start.

Question 2. The three basic graph visualization forces used in many tools are:

  1. Gravity, Obesity, Charge
  2. Springs, Gravity, Charge
  3. Charge, Gravity, Verbosity

Answer. Springs, Gravity, Charge.

Question 3. The well-known effect of data visualizations containing too much information, so much so that the user gets confused and cannot see the wood for the trees, is often referred to as:

  1. The forest effect
  2. The loading effect
  3. The fireworks effect

Answer. The fireworks effect.