Lynda - Up and Running with Neo4j [repost]

Why are people abandoning their RDMS databases and switching to graph databases like Neo4j? It's more than a "big data" trend. Graph databases can handle more complex data and relationships, which are baked in at the record level. Take a trip through the nuances of the most popular graph database, Neo4j, with Duane Nickull and find out if it's right for your data. He covers key concepts, like transitions, searches, and traversals, and shows you how to work with nodes, the relationships between nodes, and navigate large graphs of information. Developers will be interested in the chapters devoted to Cypher, the query language for finding, creating, modifying, and deleting Neo4J data. There are ten coding challenges sprinkled throughout the course, allowing you to test your Cypher skills, and the exercise files feature a fun, interactive mini "IMDB" that explores data from your favorite movies.

Introduction
Welcome
Course audience and prerequisites
Using the challenges

1. Getting Started with Neo4j
An overview of NoSQL and graphic databases
Exploring Neo4j technology
Installing Neo4j

2. Using Neo4j
Examining basic graph modeling
Exploring the web console

3. Understanding the Basics of Cypher
An introduction to the Cypher query language
Using Cypher to query Neo4j database relationships

4. Delving into Advanced Cypher
Using paths to traverse multiple nodes
Challenge: Use a query to create a list
Solution: Use a query to create a list
Getting properties back from paths
Modifying Cypher Return to aggregate data
Challenge: Create a query to find specific directors
Solution: Create a query to find specific directors

5. Becoming a Cypher Ninja
Using specific nodes for a Cypher query
Working with labeled nodes
Handling conditions on properties
Handling conditions on patterns
Challenge: Find the five busiest actors
Solution: Find the five busiest actors
Challenge: Find Keanu's missing coworkers
Solution: Find Keanu's missing coworkers

6. Creating Entities with Cypher
Creating entities
Challenge: Create a new node
Solution: Create a new node
Challenge: Change a property
Solution: Change a property
Challenge: Create a new relationship
Solution: Create a new relationship

7. Deleting Entities and Using Advanced Functions
Deleting entities
Challenge: Adding multiple relationships
Solution: Adding multiple relationships
Using the Merge and Unique commands in Cypher
Exploring variable-length paths
Challenge: Finding friends of friends
Solution: Finding friends of friends
Finding the shortest path between nodes
Challenge: Finding nodes in a path
Solution: Finding nodes in a path

Conclusion
Next steps