Graph Databases Will Change Your Freakin Life - PNWPHP16

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1. GRAPH DATABASES WILL
   CHANGE YOUR FREAKIN’ LIFE
   ED FINKLER
   CTO
   

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2. GraphStory.com
   WHAT IS?
   

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3. I’VE GOT A DOPE
   VISUALIZATION FOR YOU
   DOGG
   This Effin Guy
   HEY I JUST DOWNLOADED D3.JS
   

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4. GraphStory.com
   NO. INCORRECT.
   

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5. GraphStory.com
   GRAPH THEORY AND
   MATH AND STUFF
   

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6. GraphStory.com
   I WAS TOLD THERE
   WOULD BE NO MATH
   

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7. GraphStory.com
   IT’S ABOUT DATA
   

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8. MANY DATA
   Visualiza!on by Kim Albrecht

   h"p:/
   /www.kimalbrecht.com/project/cosmic-web/
   

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9. GraphStory.com
   BUT IGNORE THAT
   

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10. GraphStory.com
    ZOOOOOO000M IN
    

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11. GraphStory.com
    HOW DO WE REPRESENT A THING
    OR AN ENTITY
    OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT
    

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12. GraphStory.com
    RELATIONAL DATABASES
    USE A LEDGER-STYLE
    STRUCTURE
    

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13. GraphStory.com
    CAN GET COMPLEX AND
    RIGID WHEN REPRESENTING
    RELATIONSHIPS
    

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14. GraphStory.com
    LET’S TALK ABOUT
    [NEO4J] GRAPHS
    

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15. GraphStory.com
    GRAPHS ARE
    MUCH SIMPLER
    

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16. GraphStory.com
    THINGS ARE NODES
    OR VERTICES
    

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17. GraphStory.com
    NODES HAVE PROPERTIES
    { KEYS: “VALUES” }
    

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18. GraphStory.com
    NODES HAVE LABELS TO
    TELL YOU WHAT TYPE OF
    THING IT IS
    

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19. GraphStory.com
    n:Person
    id: 1234
    first_name: “Ed”
    last_name: “Finkler”
    

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20. GraphStory.com
    NODES ARE CONNECTED
    BY RELATIONSHIPS
    OR EDGES
    

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21. GraphStory.com
    RELATIONSHIPS HAVE A TYPE
    AND A DIRECTION
    AND CAN HAVE PROPERTIES
    

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22. GraphStory.com
    n:Person
    id: 4321
    first_name: “Griffin”
    last_name: “Finkler”
    n:Person
    id: 1234
    first_name: “Ed”
    last_name: “Finkler”
    r:CHILD_OF
    created: 2002
    

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23. GraphStory.com
    DOTS AND LINES
    ALL THE WAY DOWN
    

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24. GraphStory.com
    IT’S SIMPLER
    

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25. GraphStory.com
    IT’S MORE POWERFUL
    

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26. GraphStory.com
    WHEN THE MEANING IS
    IN THE RELATIONSHIPS
    

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27. GraphStory.com
    SOMETIMES DIRECT RELATIONSHIPS
    BUT THAT’S NOT HARD TO DO WITH
    RELATIONAL DBS
    PERSON A PERSON B
    

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28. GraphStory.com
    SOMETIMES INDIRECT
    RELATIONSHIPS
    THIS IS HARDER TO DO TRAVERSE
    WITH RELATIONAL DATABASES
    ACTOR A
    ACTOR B
    MOVIE A
    DIRECTOR A
    MOVIE B
    ACTOR C
    

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29. GraphStory.com
    ANSWERING QUESTIONS
    YOU DIDN’T EXPECT
    

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30. YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WHO
    BOUGHT A TOASTER, LIVE IN KANSAS, AND HAVE
    A CRIMINAL RECORD, USED THE COUPON IN
    YESTERDAY’S PAPER?
    NO. GET THE HELL OUT.
    This Effin Guy
    ASKING YOUR BACKEND DEV IF YOU CAN GET SOME NEW DATA OUT OF THE DB
    

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31. GraphStory.com
    WITH A GRAPH, YOU COULD ANSWER
    THAT QUESTION.
    IF YOU HAVE ALL THAT DATA IN THERE,
    AND THERE ARE PATHS BETWEEN THEM.
    

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32. GraphStory.com
    YOU CAN ADD MORE
    RELATIONSHIPS AS NEEDED
    AND STILL BE PERFORMANT
    

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33. GraphStory.com
    EGOTISTICAL LIVE
    QUERY TIME
    

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34. GraphStory.com
    CMD+TAB, SON
    

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35. GraphStory.com
    GRAPHS AREN’T MAGIC
    

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36. GraphStory.com
    GRAPHS DON’T SOLVE
    ALL YOUR PROBLEMS
    

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37. GraphStory.com
    IF YOU’RE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT
    THE RELATIONSHIPS, THEY ARE REALLY
    NICE AND REALLY POWERFUL AND
    SOMETIMES SEEM LIKE WITCHCRAFT
    

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38. GraphStory.com
    ESPECIALLY IF YOU
    HAVE MANY DATAS
    

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39. WHAT GREAT DELIGHTS AWAIT YOU
    DATAS FOR FUN AND EXPLORATION
    ▸ GraphStory.com -> Free Trial (no CC!) -> Sample Data
    ▸ h!p:/
    /neo4j.com/developer/example-data/
    ▸ h!ps:/
    /github.com/OSMIHelp/osmi-survey-graph
    

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40. @GRAPHSTORYCO • GRAPHSTORY.COM
    @FUNKATRON
    https://joind.in/talk/1385f
    QUESTION TIME IS NOW
    

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