Learn Cosmos db Gremlin API by building a .NetCore REST API

Learn how to connect and work with the Azure Cosmos db Gremlin API, as well as some of the basic gremlin syntax.

What you'll learn

You'll learn how to create a cosmos db account using the Gremlin (graph) API
You'll learn basic Gremlin commands that create, read, update, delete, and relate vectors which will help you to build your own graph db
You'll learn how to build a simple .NET Core REST API that connects to cosmos db
You'll learn how you can incorporate the Tinkerpop Gremlin .Net library

Requirements

Basic understanding of a REST Web API
Basic understanding of Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 or 2017
Basic understanding of Microsoft C#
Basic understanding of Dependency Injection
Very basic understanding of Azure
If building the project, you'd also need an active subscription to Azure (links to get started are included)

Description

Let's build a simple REST based Web API that builds and manages a simple graph database using the Azure Cosmos db Gremlin API.

You will learn how to create a cosmos db in azure using the gremlin (graph) api. You'll also get an understanding of how to use the open source Gremlin.Net library and build gremlin queries to create, read, update, delete, and build relationships between your data vectors.

Who this course is for:

A software developer interested in working with Cosmos' Gremlin API to build a graph database
Someone interested in learning basic Gremlin commands to build a graph database hosted in Azure