Introduction

Whether we like it or not, the world is becoming more connected, and at some point in the very near future, your toaster may well be able to recommend types of bread. The information could be recommended products from retailers or suggested friends on Social Networks; whatever it is, you’ll be able to see the benefits (if you like the recommendations, that is) of using graph databases. This book will take you right through from knowing nothing about graphs and graph databases or Neo4j, to knowing how to write your own recommendation system, using language that’s easy to understand.

It aims to cover the theory early on, and get to the practical (in this case, coding) side of Neo4j, in the form of Cypher, Neo4j’s query language. You’ll ...

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