Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Part 1. Introduction to Neo4j
What is Neo4j? What is it good for? Is it the right database for your problem domain and
what kind of things can it do? In
part 1
of
Neo4j In Action
, we'll answer these questions and
more.
Chapter 1
introduces general graph database concepts, and begins to explore some of
Neo4j's key aspects.
Chapter 2
continues looking at general graph-related problems and do-
mains, with a focus on graph data modeling techniques and approaches for various circum-
stances.
Chapters 3
to
5
are where we really start getting our hands dirty. Using an example
social network of users and the movies they like, we begin exploring Neo4j starting with
howtousethecoreAPItoperformthebasicfunctionalityofcreatingandconnectingnodes,
and techniques for identifying different types of nodes. Traversing graph data is also a key
feature of Neo4j and
chapter 4
addresses this by investigating the Neo4j Traversal API.
Chapter 5
introduces the various “indexing” strategies and options available in Neo4j, be-
ginning by looking at the manual (legacy) option, before moving on to the built-in indexing
option available from Neo4j 2.0 onward.
