This Week in Neo4j – Covid Graph GraphQL API, Spring Data Neo4j 6 Experiments, CompoundDB4j
By Mark Needham
August 8, 2020 3 mins read
Discover what’s new in the Neo4j community for the week of 8 August 2020, including a GraphQL API on the Covid Graph.
Keywords: CompoundDB4j Covid Graph GraphQL spring data neo4j summer of nodes twin4j
Imperative vs. Declarative Query Languages: What’s the Difference?
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
August 21, 2018 5 mins read
The evolution of programming languages has grown in parallel with the evolution of computing itself, with new languages being created with each new advance and paradigm shift. After all, if language shapes how we view reality, then changes in computing… Read more →
Keywords: cypher database query language declarative language declarative query language gremlin imperative language imperative query language query language sparql sql
Retail & Neo4j: Ecommerce Delivery Service Routing
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
January 17, 2018 4 mins read
As a retailer, if you think keeping up with Amazon is expensive and time-consuming, consider the alternative: extinction. When it comes to delivery and fulfillment, Amazon is the uncontested emperor of ecommerce. Yet, their efficiency in tracking and delivering orders… Read more →
Keywords: Amazon cypher eBay ecommerce ecommerce delivery MySQL Retail ruby service routing service-oriented architecture
An Introduction & Tutorial for Structr 2.1
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
May 3, 2017 3 mins read
In one of our previous blog posts, we promised to write more about new features of our upcoming release of Structr, version 2.1, so here we are. New Tutorial But before we dive into the details, we’d like to to… Read more →
Keywords: App development deployment tool graphconnect javascript json neo4j python ruby Structr version control system
The JetBrains IDE Plugin for Graph Database Developers [Community Post]
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
March 16, 2017 8 mins read
[As community content, this post reflects the views and opinions of the particular author and does not necessarily reflect the official stance of Neo4j.] Many developers mostly stay in their integrated development environments (IDEs) when working on software. That’s why… Read more →
Keywords: cypher graph database IDE plugin JetBrains IDE neo4j ogm opencypher spring data neo4j stored procedures user-defined functions user-defined procedures
This Week in Neo4j – 11 March 2017
By Mark Needham
March 11, 2017 6 mins read
Welcome to this week in Neo4j. This week we’ve got articles showing how to integrate Neo4j with Kibana, using jQAssistant from Pandas, and lots of releases of Neo4j and related projects. But first: International Women’s Day Praveena and Eve answering… Read more →
Keywords: APOC docker Elastic International Women's Day jqassistant Kibana neo4j drivers Pandas python TrumpWorld
This Week in Neo4j – 4 March 2017
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
March 4, 2017 3 mins read
Welcome to the 2nd edition of This Week in Neo4j! If you’ve got any ideas for things we should cover in future editions, I’m @markhneedham on Twitter or send an email to devrel@neo4j.com. Contributing to Neo4j: Florent Biville Florent Biville… Read more →
Keywords: Airbnb APOC AWS cypher Elastic Kafka PHP RNeo4j ruby on rails twin4j
From the Neo4j Community: January 2017
By Rachel Howard
February 14, 2017 5 mins read
The year is off to a great start when to comes to the Neo4j community. If this month is any indication of what’s to come, then we know that 2017 will be a big year for Neo4j projects, drivers and… Read more →
Keywords: apache spark cypher docker GraphX IBM POWER8 Neo4j Community Panama Papers python sql TrumpWorld
2016: The Year in Neo4j Drivers
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
January 26, 2017 5 mins read
Spring is in the Air 2016 was the year when, in April with the availability of Neo4j 3.0 we also introduced our own binary protocol named Bolt. We also provided the first set of officially supported drivers for Bolt, including… Read more →
Keywords: .NET bolt Causal Clustering django Elixir go Haskell java javascript jdbc
RDBMS & Graphs: Drivers for Connecting to a Graph Database
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
March 21, 2016 7 mins read
Up to this point in this blog series, we’ve covered graph databases in general, only using Neo4j when examples were required. However, when it comes to connecting your application to a graph database, specifics are essential. In this RDBMS &… Read more →
Keywords: cypher graph database jdbc language driver Neo4j Browser rdbms relational database REST API spring data neo4j sql
The 5-Minute Interview: Mark Joslin, CTO of Maslow
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
February 19, 2016 4 mins read
For this week’s 5-Minute Interview, I sat down with Mark Joslin, the CTO at Maslow. Mark is also the organizer of the New York City Neo4j Meetup group. Q: Tell me about your Neo4j project. Mark Joslin: We actually have… Read more →
Keywords: 5-minute interview ai cto cypher data model machine learning maslow neo4j Neon social network
Neolytics: Analyzing Ruby Code with Neo4j
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
February 1, 2016 4 mins read
For a long time I’ve been wanting to use Neo4j as a tool to analyze Ruby code. Using Ruby for almost a decade, I have a lot of experience with effectively finding my way around Ruby code. Still, Ruby programs… Read more →
Keywords: cyclomatic complexity data model joern jqassistant neo4j neolytics rails application ruby ruby gem tracepoint
From the Neo4j Community: November 2015
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
December 8, 2015 2 mins read
This past November has shown us why we’re so thankful for the Neo4j community. We’re especially grateful to all of you who published great articles about your projects, libraries and integrations with Neo4j on everything from Ruby on Rails and… Read more →
Keywords: apache spark Big Data community Graph Analytics graph database graphconnect meteor.js Neo4j Community opencypher Recommendation Engine
GraphStarter: Get Your Neo4j Rails App Up and Running Quickly
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 30, 2015 3 mins read
For a while now, I’ve been building various Neo4j.rb educational resources using the example of an asset portal. There have been: A screencast series (the first half and a second half) A SitePoint article on building recommendations and access control… Read more →
Keywords: access control asset portal neo4j neo4j rails neo4j.rb rails rails application rails engine rails server ruby
From MongoDB to Docker and More: GraphConnect Lightning Talks Are Here
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 16, 2015 2 mins read
We already know you’re excited to attend GraphConnect San Francisco (did we mention there’s only five days left to register?), and you’ve already checked out the amazing agenda and star-studded speaker lineup. But while long, in-depth talks are certainly helpful… Read more →
Keywords: cypher docker dotnet Geospatial graph visualization graphconnect meteor.js MongoDB spring data neo4j Structr
Using Graph Structure Record Linkage on Irish Census Data with Neo4j
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
October 2, 2015 8 mins read
For just over a year I’ve been obsessed on-and-off with a project ever since I stayed in the town of Skibbereen, Ireland. Taking data from the 1901 and 1911 Irish censuses, I hoped I would be able to find a… Read more →
Keywords: census data cypher data model Data Relationships elasticsearch graph structure Master Data Management neo4j record linkage ruby
From the Neo4j Community: August 2015
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
September 17, 2015 2 mins read
As summer wraps up, it’s time to look back at all of the wonderful projects, articles, videos and slideshows published by the Neo4j community. Below are our top summer picks from graphistas all across the world. If you would like… Read more →
Keywords: azure cloud community Graph Databases GrapheneDB Master Data Management MongoDB neo4j Recommendation Engine ruby spring boot
Free Neo4j Books (+ Discounts), from Beginner to Advanced
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
September 14, 2015 6 mins read
Editor’s Note: All promotions in this blog post have now expired. Please use this post for informational purposes only and to browse Neo4j books available from Packt Publishing. Whether you’re a brand-new user of Neo4j or a seasoned vet, you… Read more →
Keywords: cypher data modeling Graph Data Graph Databases java neo4j neo4j books python ruby sql
New Screencasts: Advanced Ruby on Rails with Neo4j
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
August 18, 2015 3 mins read
If there are two things that I enjoy most in my technical life it would be Neo4j and Ruby. Both give me the one thing I want most from the tools I use: the ability to abstract out the tedious… Read more →
Keywords: activenode cypher data model neo4j neo4j.rb object model ruby ruby on rails screencast
Switching From MongoDB to Neo4j
By Neo4j Staff
October 7, 2014 5 mins read
Written by Nick Manning, originally posted on his Blog. Our Startup Swig is a mobile app (iOS, Android) that helps you explore new drinks and share them with the world. Take a picture of what you’re drinking, tag it with taste… Read more →
Keywords: community Graph Databases heroku MongoDB neo4j Postgres Redis relational database ruby ruby on rails
public> heroku addons:add neo4j
By Neo4j Staff
December 16, 2011 5 mins read
Hello Graphistas and Rubyists!Now Heroku has become a language polyglot platform , we’re happy to announce that we’re enhancing the NOSQL ecosystem for Heroku customers and users by releasing the Neo4j-Graph Database Add-On. The Neo4j-Graph Database Add-On became “public” this… Read more →
Keywords: graph database heroku heroku add-on jruby neo4j add-on neo4j server nosql rest-client
Holiday fun with Neo4j
By Neo4j Staff
December 25, 2009 2 mins read
Looking for something fun to do during the holidays? Here are a few suggestions for some new cool Neo4j things that you can play around with.A very recent addition to the Neo4j space is the JRuby library Neo4jr-social by Matthew… Read more →
Keywords: holiday fun with Neo4j java jruby jython neo4j.rb nosql python ruby social network
Neo4j.rb 0.0.7: Rails support
By Neo4j Staff
December 10, 2008 < 1 min read
Andreas Ronge just released Neo4j.rb 0.0.7. See the project page for more information. Highlights from the changelog: added value object stuff to support Rails, made the neo4j engine start and stop automatically.Neo4j.rb can now be used as a complement or… Read more →
Keywords: jruby Neo4j.rb 0.0.7 rails release ruby