Pouring Coffee into the Matrix: Building Java Applications on Neo4j

Many of us have built applications for traditional data structures (like relational database tables), but is it different for graph data stores? In this session, we will cover a brief intro to graphs and build a typical Java application for a graph database. We will interact with the graph data from the application, and explore some deployment possibilities. Join us to see how to amplify the power of connected data with applications!

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1. Jennifer Reif Email: jennifer.reif@neo4j.com Twitter: @JMHReif LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jmhreif Github: github.com/JMHReif Website: jmhreif.com Pouring Coffee into the Matrix Building Java applications on Neo4j Mark Heckler Email: markheckler@microsoft.com Twitter: @mkheck LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/markheckler Github: github.com/mkheck Website: thehecklers.com
2. Who Am I? • Developer, Developer Relations Engineer • Continuous learner • Technical content writer • Conference speaker • Other: geek
3. Who Am I? • Author • Architect & Developer • Developer Advocate, Java/JVM Languages • Java Champion, Rockstar • Kotlin Developer Expert • Pilot bit.ly/springbootbook
4. What is graph?
5. What is a graph? • Set of discrete objects, each of which has some set of relationships with other objects Seven Bridges of Konigsberg problem. Leonhard Euler, 1735
6. Enter stage right - graphs • Trace your steps • Document path (not just data) • Answering how and why • Not just who, what, and where • Understanding connections • Understand alternates, impacts, etc • Better assumptions, decisions
7. A few graph use cases… Social network Fraud detection Network & IT operations Identity & access management Graph-based search
8. What is the structure?
9. Whiteboard friendliness
10. Graph data
11. Graph components • Node (vertex) • Objects Michael Jennifer Neo4j Graphs
12. Graph components • Node (vertex) • Objects • Relationship (edge) • Connections Michael Jennifer Neo4j Graphs :LIKES :WORKS_FOR :IS_FRIENDS_WITH
13. Developing applications
14. Language drivers • Neo4j Java driver (o ffi cial) • Spring Data Neo4j • Uses Neo4j Java driver at base • Other options: • O ffi cial drivers-> Python, JavaScript, Go, .NET • Java frameworks-> Quarkus, Helidon, Micronaut, etc
15. Spring provisions • Spring Initializr • Spring Boot’s reduction of boilerplate • Annotation-based OGM for POJOs • Query derivation + DSL for custom (Cypher) • Spring Data’s easy connection to Neo4j • BOLT, HTTP, or embedded
16. Let’s see some code! Demo time!
17. Resources • Source code: github.com/JMHReif/pouring-co ff ee-into-matrix-lombok • Spring Data Neo4j documentation: dev.neo4j.com/sdn-docs • SDN reactive: github.com/JMHReif/sdnrx-marvel-basic • Neo4j AuraDB: dev.neo4j.com/aura (FREE instance!) Jennifer Reif Email: jennifer.reif@neo4j.com Twitter: @JMHReif LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jmhreif Github: GitHub.com/JMHReif Website: jmhreif.com Mark Heckler Email: markheckler@microsoft.com Twitter: @mkheck LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/markheckler Github: github.com/mkheck Website: thehecklers.com