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Neo4j: GraphDB Foundations with Cypher
Bestseller
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(5,755 ratings)
28,055 students
Created byLouis Sayers
Last updated 6/2022
English

What you'll learn

  • Explain graph database concepts
  • Set up Neo4j on a Windows or Mac machine
  • Retrieve real-time insights from application data
  • Create, update, and delete graph data via the Neo4j Browser
  • Join the Neo4j community

Course content

12 sections76 lectures4h 45m total length
  • Welcome1:00

    A personal welcome to the course.

  • Course Overview4:00
  • What is a Graph?3:57
  • Properties5:50
  • Neo4j Taster ("Recommendations" Dataset)22:57

    What does Neo4j and its query language look like?

    In this Lecture we'll use the Neo4j Sandbox "Recommendations" dataset to explore and get a taste for what it's like to work with Neo4j.

Requirements

  • Must be proficient at using a computer, installing new applications
  • Have a general understanding of what a database is and how it can be used
  • Ideally have some previous experience using other types of databases

Description

Learn how some of the worlds top tech companies structure and query their data - using graph databases.

Through a series of tutorials, this course takes you through the fundamentals of using Neo4j - the world's leading Graph Database, and its query language Cypher. You'll learn graph database concepts, and gain practical skills in using Neo4j. 

By the end of the course, you'll be able to confidently run numerous queries, and understand what a graph database is.

Here's an outline of what you'll learn in the course:

  • What is a Graph Database
  • Neo4j installation process
  • Query for Nodes and Relationships
  • Create, Update, Delete data
  • How Null works in Neo4j
  • How to work with Paths in Neo4j


In addition to learning the basics of Neo4j, you'll find a number of video exercises that help you practice everything you learn along the way.

If you've ever wondered What's the best graph database? or How do Graph Databases compare to SQL databases? then you really can't go wrong with Neo4j. Voker Pacher, a senior developer at Ebay has been quoted as saying:

"We found Neo4j to be literally thousands of times faster than our prior MySQL solution, with queries that require 10 to 100 times less code. Today Neo4j provides Ebay with functionality that was previously impossible"

Neo4j as ranked by site db-engines, is also the most popular of all graph databases on the market today.



So if you're looking at progressing your career, keeping up with the latest in database technology, and gaining a new skill in a simple, easy to understand, yet powerful way then you should take this course.

Who this course is for:

  • Software developers that are sick of complex join queries, and are looking to simplify their architecture
  • Innovators that want to create the next social network, real-time recommendation engine, or other product that involves retrieving information from highly connected data points
  • Business analysts / marketers that wish to gain insights from in-house data