Chapter 1Engaging with Graphs
Graphs and graph databases are everywhere. This is no big surprise given that graphs can address the two main concerns we have in dealing with the huge volumes of data all around us—organization and scale. Differently from the more usual “buckets of data” or relational data approaches, graphs can bring both order and growth to data as data goes large. And they can do this both organically and holistically. This is what makes graphs such a fascinating field to work with.
As an organizational pattern, graphs operate at all levels from the smallest static structures, such as chemical compounds—think of a water molecule—to large-scale dynamic structures, such as web-based social networks—think Facebook or Twitter. ...
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