Jean-Baptiste, I recently did an MA project using neo4j (graphing characters and elements of a video game), and I don't have much of a background in programming (I got my BA in rhetoric and poetry). I started my MA project using Neoclipse, but I found that even with a fairly small graph, things got really slow very quickly. It turned out to be much quicker to learn just enough Cypher to enter new nodes and relationships. I encourage you to try it out—just experimenting with things in a GraphGist<http://gist.neo4j.org/> may be enough for you to learn the elements of Cypher that you need. I can't claim that my own Cypher stuff was perfect or terribly pretty, but it was straightforward and did just about what you are talking about.
If you're willing to give it a shot, I'm willing to try to help walk you through things. On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 7:40:32 AM UTC-6, Jean Villedieu wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > @Jim : +1, a deep understanding of the underlying tech behind data is key. > @Jean-Baptiste : you should reach out, I'm sure we can help. > > Thank you Michael for mentioning Linkurious ;) > > Jean > > On Sunday, February 16, 2014 10:40:25 PM UTC+1, Jim Salmons wrote: >> >> Jean-Baptiste, >> >> I absolutely do not intend to sound negative, but as a PhD student in >> Sociology you will be in trouble in your career if you cannot distinguish >> between a graph database query language and "development and coding" in >> your mind. >> >> Michael gave you good advice about Linkurious, but that is not some Magic >> Bullet. You won't just crank up an app/tool (whatever you want to call it) >> and just do what you want in all cases. Sure, the obvious things will be >> covered. But do you think that your investigation will be limited only to >> what everybody else does? Probably not if you want to be known as a smart >> person who can bring new and non-obvious insights into your work. >> >> A big part of your career will be looking at and manipulating data. As a >> professional you will often have to provide the "glue" that gets your data >> into, out of, and between whatever tools you have available. Whether it is >> Cypher or some other means, you need to break your mental block that >> says, "I don't do coding." Years from now you will be thanking yourself for >> doing it sooner than later. >> >> Look, I'm 63 years-old and don't have to make the decisions you are >> facing now. But I am also smart enough (make that, have decades of >> experience to reflect on) to know that if I had it all to do over again and >> I were in your shoes, I'd be digging into neo4j with a passion and there >> would be nothing that could keep me from learning and growing my knowledge >> of Cypher (along with other things of that ilk). >> >> There is a famous scene in the film, "The Graduate," where a graduation >> party-goer leans over to Dustin Hoffman to give him career advice and >> whispers, "Plastics!" That's what I'm trying to do for you, Jean-Baptiste, >> "Cypher!" You do that, join this group, ask honest well-prepared questions >> that will get helpful timely answers, and you will be well on your way to >> carving a good niche (there's that social network stuff creeping in as >> #graphsareeverywhere) for you in your career. >> >> Good luck with your studies. >> >> Just something to think about, >> --Jim-- >> >> On Friday, February 14, 2014 4:31:37 PM UTC-6, Jean-Baptiste Gllpn wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm a Sociology PhD student. I recently found out about Neo4j and I'm >>> excited about its possibilities. >>> >>> I'd like to use Neo4j to manually build a database of a political elite >>> in a country. I'd build that database as I read about the country, writing >>> down new names as they come up and linking individuals as I read about >>> their particular patterns of interaction. >>> >>> To do that, I would need an interface that allows me to visualize and >>> input data rapidly in the network, as well as search between various >>> attributes of nodes. The basic admin dashboard in Neo4j doesn't allow me to >>> do this quickly, as I can only search for node and relationship numbers, >>> but not their attributes. >>> >>> Let's say I create a node with the attribute "Name" as "Mr Jones", and >>> he gets the node number 121. Later on I find details about where he worked >>> or studied. I want to add these new attributes to the node, but it's hard >>> for me to find the node since I can't search for "Mr Jones" -- I need to >>> either know his node number by heart or to visualize the whole network to >>> find him. >>> >>> Is there an interface / program that will allow me to interact easily >>> with Neo4j as admin? I tried Neoeclipse, but for some reason only the >>> relationships are loading, not the nodes, and I can't figure out how to >>> load the nodes or whether Neoeclipse is the right choice at all (it doesn't >>> seem to be updated anymore?). >>> >>> Many thanks in advance for your help! >>> >>> Jean-Baptiste. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Neo4j" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neo4j+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
