Turn a Harry Potter Book into a Knowledge Graph
July 20, 2021 9 mins read
Learn how to combine Selenium and SpaCy to create a Neo4j knowledge graph of the Harry Potter universe Most likely, you have already seen the Game of Thrones network created by Andrew Beveridge. Andrew constructed a co-occurrence network of book characters.… Read more →
Explore: harry-potter • selenium • spacy
Will It Graph? Identifying a Good Fit for Graph Databases – Part 1
July 19, 2021 7 mins read
Graph Databases vs. Relational Databases: What’s the Difference?How do graph databases work under the hood and how is this different from relational databases?In this Will It Graph blog series, we’re going to explore the differences between native graph databases and… Read more →
Explore: database • graph data model • graph database • rdbms • Relational Databases
This Week in Neo4j – Data Journalism NYPD, Django Admin, Visualization Talks, CEO Podcast, Write Performance, Java GraphQL
July 17, 2021 6 mins read
Hello, everyone! Time really flies! It felt like only yesterday I was putting together last week’s twin4j. I encourage you to share both the newsletter and blog with colleagues and friends who may also find it helpful. You can point… Read more →
Explore: Cypher-DSL • django • Funding • graph data science • GraphQL • Graphs4Good • java • journalism • machine learning • nodes-2021
A Library for Temporary Neo4j Databases
July 16, 2021 3 mins read
Getting Started with neo4j-temp-db. Useful, session-based, self-cleaning, temporary Neo4j databases using the multi-db featureSand Castle Photo by Jaime Spaniol on Unsplash IntroductionThe library was originally created to be used with the Graph Examples Portal, which initially used in-memory Neo4j database library that… Read more →
Explore: graph database • how to • javascript • temp • unit testing
Graphs4Good: Insights into Police Misconduct with Graphs
July 15, 2021 4 mins read
On June 24, 2021, George Joseph of the Gothamist published a piece entitled “Mapping the Clusters of New York Police Department (NYPD) Officers Repeatedly Accused of Misconduct.” Together with independent data journalist EJ Fox, Joseph detailed how controversial police conduct… Read more →
Explore: Connected Data • data journalism • data science • EJ Fox • graph database • GraphsforGood
Relationship Chain Locks: Don’t Block the Rock!
July 13, 2021 8 mins read
Welcome back to part two in the five part 4.3 Technical Blog Series. This week, it is the turn of the Relationship Chain Locks — or if you caught the 4.3 update during Emil’s NODES Keynote, “How to avoid a lot of… Read more →
Explore: coding • developer tools • graph database • product development
This Week in Neo4j – PHP Driver, Software Analytics, Chemical Patents, Streamlit TSNE, GraphQL Security, GitHub Copilot, Developer Tools, Nodes 2021
July 10, 2021 8 mins read
Hello, everyone! Another week gone, and many of you had a long weekend and a short week. But impressively, a lot of content has been created these last few days. Our featured member this week is Ghlen Nagels, the maintainer… Read more →
Explore: auth • data science • developer tools • dotnet • GraphQL • Knowledge Graph • nodes-2021 • patents • PHP • Python
Register Your Neo4j-Based Models to the Django Admin
July 9, 2021 3 mins read
Register Your Neo4j-Based Models to Django AdminA Paradise Papers ExampleIf you’re a Django developer, you may have already found the popular py2neo toolkit and may have some experience using Neomodel and/or the Neo4j python driver directly. But how well do these tools… Read more →
Explore: CRUD • django • how to • Python
#GraphCast: An Introduction to Neo4j
2 mins read
Welcome to this week’s #GraphCast – our series featuring what you might have missed in Neo4j media from the past fortnight. Last time, we were treated to a video hand-selected by Kara Doriani O’Shee, our Content & Demand Gen Copywriter,… Read more →
Explore: database • emil eifrem • graph database • neo4j • nodes-2021 • property graph