Seven Databases in Seven Weeks, 2nd Edition

Day 1: Graphs, Cypher, and CRUD

Today we’re really going to jump in with both feet. In addition to exploring the Neo4j web interface, we’ll get deep into graph database terminology and CRUD. Much of today will be learning how to query a graph using a querying language called Cypher. The concepts here differ significantly from other databases we’ve looked at so far, which have largely taken a document- or record-based view of the world. In Neo4j, nodes inside of graphs act like documents because they store properties, but what makes Neo4j special is that the relationship between those nodes takes center stage.

But before we get to all that, let’s start with the web interface to see how Neo4j represents data in graph form and how to navigate ...