- The document discusses an introduction to graph-based modeling using Neo4j. It provides an agenda for topics covered including an introduction to graph modeling, a tour of Neo4j's browser, building a graph-based web app for movies, designing a Neo4j REST API, an introduction to Cypher query language, and translating questions to Cypher queries. - Examples and demonstrations are provided for modeling data as graphs, using Neo4j's browser to visualize and query graph data, designing the architecture for a movies sample app, and translating natural language questions to Cypher queries to retrieve and analyze graph data.

1. (graphs)-[:are]->(everywhere)
Neo4j

2. Makes

3. Graphs

4. Easy
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Neo4j

5. Developer

6. Evangelist

7. Agenda
• An Introduction to Graph-based Modeling
• A Tour of Neo4j’s Browser
• How to Build Graph-based Web App for Movies
• How to Design a Graph-based Neo4j REST API
• An Introduction to Cypher (Neo4j’s Query Language)
• How to Translate Questions Into Cypher Queries

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Introduction

9. to

10. Graph-based

11. modeling

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Start

13. with

14. a

15. whiteboard

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Adam
LOL Cat
FRIEND_OF
SHARED
COMMENTED
Sarah
FUNNY
ON
LIKES
6

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Adam
LOL Cat
FRIEND_OF
SHARED
COMMENTED
Sarah
FUNNY
ON
LIKES
7

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Tom Hanks Hugo Weaving
Cloud Atlas
The Matrix
Lana
Wachowski
ACTED_IN
ACTED_IN
ACTED_IN
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
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Model

22. Incrementally

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Tom Hanks Hugo Weaving
Cloud Atlas
The Matrix
Lana
Wachowski
ACTED_IN
ACTED_IN
ACTED_IN
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
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name: Tom Hanks
nationality: USA
won: Oscar, Emmy
name: Hugo Weaving
nationality: Australia
won: MTV Movie Award
title: Cloud Atlas
genre: drama, sci-fi
title: The Matrix
genre: sci-fi
name: Lana Wachowski
nationality: USA
won: Razzie, Hugo
ACTED_IN
role: Zachry
ACTED_IN
role: Bill Smoke
DIRECTED
DIRECTED
ACTED_IN
role: Agent Smith
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25. Tour

26. of

27. Neo4j

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http://localhost:7474/
Neo4j

29. Browser

30. -

31. finding

32. help
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Neo4j

34. Browser

35. Execute

36. Cypher,

37. Visualize
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Neo4j

39. Browser

40. -

41. importing

42. sample

43. data
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44. Neo4j

45. Data

46. browser

47. -

48. display

49. more

50. data

51. Movies

52. Sample

53. App

54. Architecture

55. Neo4j

56. Backend

57. Swagger

58. REST

59. API

60. Angular

61. Front-end

62. Designing

63. a

64. REST

65. API
• Start with listing out the questions you want to answer

66. • Get all the movies and their genre
• Get a movie an its properties
• Get actors who acted in a movie
• Get an actor and their properties
• Recommend similar movies
• Recommend similar actors

67. Answering

68. your

69. questions

70. using

71. Cypher

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Introduction

73. to

74. Cypher

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Cypher

76. is

77. Neo4j's

78. graph

79. query

80. language

81.
•Declarative

82. Pattern-Matching

83. language

84.
•SQL-like

85. syntax

86.
•Designed

87. for

88. graphs
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It’s

90. all

91. about

92. Patterns
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A
B C

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How?

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a b
Text

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(a) -- (b)
a b
Text

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Paths
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MATCH (a)-[:ACTED_IN]-(m)-[:DIRECTED]-(d)
RETURN a.name, m.title, d.name;
a
m
ACTED IN
d
DIRECTED

103. Translating

104. Questions

105. Into

106. Cypher

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Get

108. all

109. movies

110. and

111. their

112. genre
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Get

114. all

115. movies

116. and

117. their

118. genre
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Get

120. a

121. single

122. movie
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Get

124. a

125. single

126. movie
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Get

128. actors

129. who

130. acted

131. in

132. a

133. movie
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Get

135. actors

136. who

137. acted

138. in

139. a

140. movie
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Get

142. a

143. single

144. actor
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Get

146. a

147. single

148. actor
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Get

150. similar

151. movies

152. by

153. shared

154. keywords
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Get

156. similar

157. movies

158. by

159. shared

160. keywords
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Get

162. similar

163. actors

164. by

165. co-appearance
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Get

167. similar

168. actors

169. by

170. co-appearance
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171. Building

172. the

173. Neo4j

174. Swagger

175. REST

176. API

177. Demo

178. GitHub

179. Repositories
• https://github.com/kbastani/node-neo4j-swagger-api
• https://github.com/kbastani/neo4j-app-movies-ui

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Get

181. involved

182. in

183. the

184. community

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/neo4j

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http://groups.google.com/group/neo4j

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https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j/issues

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http://neo4j.meetup.com/

189. (Thank

190. You)

191. Get

192. in

193. touch
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