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## Preface

This is the reference manual for Neo4j version 2.1.0-M01, authored by the Neo4j Team.

The main parts of the manual are:

- Part I, “Introduction”— introducing graph database concepts and Neo4j.
- Part II, “Tutorials”— learn how to use Neo4j.
- Part III, “Cypher Query Language”— details on the Cypher query language.
- Part IV, “Reference”— detailed information on Neo4j.
- Part V, “Operations”— how to install and maintain Neo4j.
- Part VI, “Tools”— guides on tools.
- Part VII, “Community”— getting help from, contributing to.
- Part VIII, “Advanced Usage”— using Neo4j in more advanced ways.
- Appendix A, Manpages— command line documentation.

The material is practical, technical, and focused on answering specific questions. It addresses how things work, what to do and what to avoid to successfully run Neo4j in a production environment.

The goal is to be thumb-through and rule-of-thumb friendly.

Each section should stand on its own, so you can hop right to whatever interests you. When possible, the sections distill “rules of thumb” which you can keep in mind whenever you wander out of the house without this manual in your back pocket.

The included code examples are executed when Neo4j is built and tested. Also, the REST API request and response examples are captured from real interaction with a Neo4j server. Thus, the examples are always in sync with how Neo4j actually works.

There’s other documentation resources besides the manual as well:

- Neo4j Cypher Refcard, see http://docs.neo4j.org/ for available versions.
- Neo4j GraphGist, an online tool for creating interactive web pages with executable Cypher statements: http://gist.neo4j.org/.
- The main Neo4j site at http://www.neo4j.org/ is a good starting point to learn about Neo4j.

For a PDF version of the manual, see http://docs.neo4j.org/.

Who should read this?

The topics should be relevant to architects, administrators, developers and operations personnel.

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