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Learning Neo4j 3.x - Second Edition
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Learning Neo4j 3.x - Second Edition

by Jerome Baton, Rik Van Bruggen
October 2017
Beginner to intermediate
316 pages
8h
English
Packt Publishing
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A declarative query language - Cypher

One of the defining features of the Neo4j graph database product today is its wonderful query language called Cypher. Cypher is a declarative, pattern-matching query language that makes graph database management systems understandable and workable for any database user--even the less technical ones.

The key characteristic of Cypher, in my opinion, is that it is a declarative language, opposed to other imperative query languages that have existed for quite some time. Why is this so important? Here are your answers:

  • Declarative languages allow you to state what you're looking for, declare the pattern that you would like to see retrieved, and then let the database worry about how to go about retrieving ...
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