Complete Guide to Neo4j in 2020

What is Neo4j?

Neo4j is an open source, NoSQL and native graph database which provides an ACID-compliant transactional backend for your applications. If we talk about the origin of Neo4j, then its development was started in 2003 but it was available for use in 2007. Its source code was written in JAVA and Scala languages. It was free of cost available in on GitHub or as a user-friendly desktop application download. Neo4j has 2 editions i.e. community edition and enterprise edition. Enterprise Edition is an upgraded version of community version with the extra enterprise requirements such as backups, clustering, and failover abilities. 

As it efficiently implements the property graph model down to the storage level, it is known as native graph database. Data is stored exactly as you whiteboard it, and the database uses pointers to navigate and traverse the graph. In contrast to graph processing or in-memory libraries, Neo4j also provides full database characteristics, including ACID transaction compliance, cluster support, and runtime failover – making it suitable to use graphs for data in production scenarios.

Top features of Neo4j which makes it popular among developers, architects, and DBAs:

  1. Cypher: It is a query language like SQL, but it is especially optimized for the graph. Now it is used by other databases SAP HANA Graph and Redis graph via the openCypher project.
  2. Constant time traversals: Constant time traversals in big graphs for both depth and breadth due to efficient representation of nodes and relationships. Enables scale-up to billions of nodes on moderate hardware.
  3. Flexible Property Graph Schema: It can adapt over time, makes it possible to materialize and new relationships later to shortcut and speed up the domain data according to the business needs.
  4. Drivers: It has drivers for popular programming languages including Java, JavaScript, .NET, Python, and many more.

Neo4j Use Cases:

Now a days Neo4j is used by thousands of companies and organizations in almost all the industries, including financial services, government, energy, technology, retail, and manufacturing. 
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