RDBMS & Graphs: Relational vs. Graph Data Modeling
February 29, 2016 13 mins read
In some regards, graph databases are like the next generation of relational databases, but with first class support for “relationships,” or those implicit connections indicated via foreign keys in traditional relational databases. Each node (entity or attribute) in a native… Read more →
Explore: ACID • data center • data modeling • denormalization • entity-relationship diagram • foreign key • graph database • rdbms • relational database • sql
The 5-Minute Interview: Matthew Harris, CTO of Patheer
February 26, 2016 3 mins read
For this week’s 5-Minute Interview, I sat down with Matthew Harris, the Co-Founder and CTO of Patheer. Matthew is also a member of the GraphDB Boston Meetup group. Q: How do you guys use Neo4j at Patheer? Matthew: At Patheer,… Read more →
Explore: 5-minute interview • Boston • cto • cypher • graph database • graphconnect • neo4j • nosql • relational database • sql
Your Perfect Mix Tape for Original Art: Artfinder + Neo4j [Community Post]
February 25, 2016 5 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.] They say that that good artists copy, but great artists steal, right? At Artfinder, the global… Read more →
Explore: art • art recommendations • artfinder • collaborative filtering • cypher • graph database • machine learning • neo4j • real-time recommendations • Recommendation Engine
Welcome to the Dark Side: Neo4j Worst Practices (& How to Avoid Them)
February 24, 2016 13 mins read
Editor’s Note: Last October at GraphConnect San Francisco, Stefan Armbruster – Field Engineer at Neo4j – delivered this presentation on the worst (and best) practices for using Neo4j in your particular deployment. For more videos from GraphConnects, check out graphconnect.com..… Read more →
Explore: cypher • data model • graph database • graphconnect • indexing • JVM • neo4j • neo4j 2.3 • relational database • uuid
New Release: Spring Data Neo4j 4.1 Milestone 1
February 23, 2016 3 mins read
As part of the first milestone of the Spring Data release Hopper Train, Spring Data Neo4j 4.1 Milestone 1 was made available last week. We also published the second milestone release for the Neo4j Object Graph Mapper (Neo4j-OGM) 2.0. I’m… Read more →
Explore: bolt protocol • crud operations • cypher • milestone release • neo4j 3.0 • neo4j ogm • spring bean • spring boot • Spring Data • spring data neo4j
RDBMS & Graphs: Graph Basics for the Relational Developer
February 20, 2016 6 mins read
We already know that relational databases aren’t always enough for handling the volume, velocity and variety of today’s data, but what’s the clear alternative? There are a lot of other database options out there – including a number of NoSQL… Read more →
Explore: data model • graph • graph database • graph processing • Graph Theory • index free adjacency • nosql • OLTP • rdbms • relational database
The 5-Minute Interview: Mark Joslin, CTO of Maslow
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 →
Explore: 5-minute interview • ai • cto • cypher • data model • machine learning • maslow • neo4j • Neon • social network
From the Neo4j Community: January 2016
February 17, 2016 4 mins read
The Neo4j community kicked off 2016 with a bang: This month has more blog posts, videos, presentations and GraphGists than ANY other month previous. With so much great content to dive into this month, we know that 2016 will be… Read more →
Explore: API • cypher • Docker • graph database • microservices • neo4j • Neo4j Community • social network • spring boot • twitter
An Automated Market of Cypher-Annotated Microservices, Part 4 [Community Post]
February 16, 2016 11 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.] In this article we’ll see how programming can be understood, practiced and automated like a game… Read more →
Explore: antlr • cypher • java • microservices • neo4j • Neo4j Browser • parse tree • software development • tree graph • turing machine