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Introduction to Neo4j and Cypher
Neo4j is the world’s leading graph database. Its architecture is optimized to store, retrieve, and traverse graphs as nodes and relationships. It takes a property graph approach, which is beneficial for fast traversals and operations.
Neo4j uses Cypher as its query language, which makes it easy to represent traversals. Cypher is a declarative language for describing visual patterns in graphs using ASCII-art-like syntax. This makes it easy to read and comprehend how the data is connected as nodes and relationships in graphs.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Introducing Neo4j and graph database concepts
- Installing the Neo4j Desktop
- A visual tour of Neo4j Desktop
- Using Neo4j Desktop
- Working ...
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