An easy-to-follow guide full of tips and examples of real-world applications. In each chapter, a thorough example will show you the concepts in action, followed by a detailed explanation.
This book is intended for those who want to learn how to create, query, and maintain a graph database, or who want to migrate to a graph database from SQL. It would be helpful to have some familiarity with Java and/or SQL, but no prior experience is required.
What you will learn
Design and create flexible and fast graph databases using the Cypher declarative syntax
Write powerful, readable, and reusable queries with pattern matching and parameters
Develop fast applications using best practices to improve the performance of your Cypher queries
Transition smoothly from SQL to Neo4j
Migrate relational databases to the graph model, getting rid of O/R mismatch
Avoid the common mistakes and pitfalls in programming with Neo4j