Who this book is for

This book was written for developers who wish to go further in mastering the Neo4j graph database. Some sections of the book, such as the section on administering and scaling, are targeted at database admins.

It complements the usual "Introducing Neo4j" reference books and online resources and goes deeper into the internal structure and large-scale deployments.

It also explains how to write and optimize your Cypher queries. The book concentrates on providing examples with Java and Cypher. So, if you are not using graph databases or using an adapter in a different language, you will probably learn a lot through this book as it will help you to understand the working of Neo4j.

This book presents an example-oriented approach to learning the technology, where the reader can learn through the code examples and make themselves ready for practical scenarios both in development and production. The book is basically the "how-to" for those wanting a quick and in-depth learning experience of the Neo4j graph database.

While these topics are quickly evolving, this book will not become obsolete that easily because it rather focuses on whys instead of hows. So, even if a given tool presented is not used anymore, you will understand why it was useful and you will be able to pick the right tool with a critical point of view.