Chapter 1. Get started with Neo4j

This chapter gives an orientation on how to get started with Neo4j.

1.1. Installing Neo4j

The easiest way to set up an environment for developing an application with Neo4j and Cypher is to use Neo4j Desktop. Download Neo4j Desktop from https://neo4j.com/download/ and follow the installation instructions for your operating system.

1.2. Documentation guide

All the official documentation is available at https://neo4j.com/docs/. That is where you find the full manuals such as:

The Cypher manual — This is the comprehensive manual for Cypher.
The Driver manual — This manual describes the officially supported drivers for Neo4j.
The Operations manual — This manual describes how to deploy and maintain Neo4j.

The Cypher Refcard is a valuable asset when learning and writing Cypher.

Additionally, you can find more specialized documentation along with API documentation and documentation for older Neo4j releases.