How to select the appropriate version of neo4j (version 2022)

Welcome to “ Everyone can learn to map databases ”（Graphs4Everyone） Series courses , This series is Neo4j Supplement to the skill tree .

Today, let's see how to choose the right one Neo4j Version to start the chart technology journey .

Who am I ？

The target audience of this series of courses is beginners and enthusiasts , I hope to enrich my skill tree by learning some new technologies . You can be a database practitioner , Hope to learn a new database technology . You can be a beginner in program development , Discovered this strange graphic technology course . You can be a non programmer , I happened to find that these pictures look cool , Want to know how to do it . Etc., etc. .

You can also be a graph database user with a lot of experience , So welcome to review Neo4j Figure some options provided by the data platform .

All in all , In giving how to choose the right Neo4j Before the release , We have to ask ourselves ” Who am I ？ Where am i? ？” Questions like this .

In this article , Let's suppose there are two people waiting for my recommendation ： beginner “ Small C” and an old hand “ Big V”.

Take a look at my recommendation .

Neo4j Version overview

What I'm talking about here “ edition ”, It can also be called different platforms 、 Distribution , Or the product . I want to be easy to understand , It's called the version .

You may be familiar with the open source community version （Neo4j Community Edition） And enterprise （Neo4j Enterprise Edition) 了 , This is the core of other distributions or products , It's also a long-standing distribution . A large number of our users and customers use these two versions directly .

besides ,Neo4j It also provides different products to different users and developers . Let's look at the picture first ：

Neo4j AuraDB It's the cloud full hosting zero operation and maintenance that has just been officially launched this year Neo4j Data platform services ,AuraDB Also divided into free version 、 Professional and enterprise 3 There are three different product segments .Neo4j Desktop Is a package that needs to be downloaded to your computer and installed locally .Neo4j Sandbox It is a cloud database service based on dataset .

TL;DR, Just tell me what to use ！

Neo4j AuraDB

→ Certainly Neo4j AuraDB, The registration link is here ：https://neo4j.com/cloud/aura/

I'll be nice to little C say ：Neo4j AuraDB Free Perfect for beginners , You can use it after registering , You don't need to maintain your own database server , Start learning the core Neo4j Picture technology .

I'm right V What are you talking about ？// Refer to advantage No 3 strip .

Are there any other options ？

Of course , Now that we have all come , Let's take a look at one by one .

Neo4j Desktop

Neo4j Desktop It's the program I've been opening , because , It can also be connected to the Neo4j AuraDB The database of ！

This is my screenshot , You can see that it also supports installation diagram applications , Enterprise Edition Neo4j Bloom It can also be used directly for local databases , Oh ,Neo4j Desktop The core database of is the enterprise version . But at the same time, only 1 An example . So its scene is for 【 Study 】 and 【 Development 】.

Click here （https://neo4j.com/download/） You can download Neo4j Desktop, Note that it needs authorization , But you can get it completely free .

Neo4j Sandbox

The sandbox , As the name suggests, it is a place to play , So the sandbox starts from the data item by default , You need to choose a data set for learning , Then you can start playing with data .

Neo4j GraphAcademy It is a platform for online free learning and hand practice , Is the use of Sandbox To host the background database and exercise data set of the course . After learning, you can take a test by the way Neo4j Certified Professional Your certificate , Why not do it ？

Neo4j Community Edition

In other words, this is the oldest and most used version , Because you can install the community version directly through the operating system , I mean Linux Next , The community is involved in this version .

But for small C Come on , To configure JDK and neo4j.conf It's more complicated , Don't recommend it to TA.

Neo4j Enterprise Edition

Neo4j The enterprise version is also based on the open source community version , But there are a number of additional features for production environments , And strong technical support （ After buying ）. Big V Has been deployed in several core businesses of their company Neo4j Enterprise Edition , If you are interested in buying, please contact me now .

How to choose me ？

All you see here should be iron powder , Give me a slap ！

What version of the product to choose , Ask yourself two questions ：

1. What's my skill level in drawing ？
2. What scene will I use ？

Then look at the above content, it's not difficult to decide .

Right ？

If there are further questions and questions , Please feel free to contact me. , Or ask questions in our cooperative community , I'll find you .