Database Reference
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Visualizations for Neo4j
In this chapter, we will look at the fascinating domain of graph visualizations
within the context of the Neo4j Graph Database Management System. We will
go into the reasons why these kinds of visualizations can be so wonderfully
important, discuss different technical tools to help you with these visualizations,
andtheninallydiscusssomeofthecommondo'sanddon'tswithinthisdomain.
In this chapter, we will discuss the following topics:
• Thepowerofvisualizations,andgraphvisualizationsmorespeciically
• The basic principles and components of a graph visualization solution
• Different visualization libraries and solutions on the market today
for your use
With that, let's dive right in.
The power of graph visualizations
In this section, we will spend time discussing the reasons why graph visualizations
are so important, and highlight some of the underpinning technologies that are
used in the different solutions that we will zoom into later on.
Why graph visualizations matter!
There are many reasons why the graph visualizations that we will discuss in this
chapter, as well as the ones that we have previously seen and will show hereafter,
are really nice. But for a limited number of reasons, they are more than nice: they
matter greatly, and can have a massive impact on decisions being made, big or
small. Let's discuss these.
