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Seven NoSQL Databases in a Week

You're reading from   Seven NoSQL Databases in a Week Get up and running with the fundamentals and functionalities of seven of the most popular NoSQL databases

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787288867
Length 308 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Sudarshan Kadambi Sudarshan Kadambi
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Aaron Ploetz Aaron Ploetz
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Devram Kandhare Devram Kandhare
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Xun (Brian) Wu Xun (Brian) Wu
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Preface 1. Introduction to NoSQL Databases 2. MongoDB FREE CHAPTER 3. Neo4j 4. Redis 5. Cassandra 6. HBase 7. DynamoDB 8. InfluxDB 9. Other Books You May Enjoy

Evaluating your use case

Because of Neo4j's focus on node/edge traversal, it is a good fit for use cases requiring analysis and examination of relationships. The property graph model helps to define those relationships in meaningful ways, enabling the user to make informed decisions. Bearing that in mind, there are several use cases for Neo4j (and other graph databases) that seem to fit naturally.

Social networks

Social networks seem to be a natural fit for graph databases. Individuals have friends, attend events, check in to geographical locations, create posts, and send messages. All of these different aspects can be tracked and managed with a graph database such as Neo4j.

Who can see a certain person's posts?...

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