A “typical” week in the Neo4j Community

We were curious ourselves how much happens within a single week in our community. So we did the easy thing and just harvested our ingenious @neo4j twitter stream. And here is the result, we were just blown away, so much activity and so many people contributing, thanks a lot to all of you.

Google Groups

• @Neo4j is going #GoogleGroups http://blog.neo4j.org/2011/12/neo4j-is-going-googlegroups.html #graphdatabases #nosql

Heroku

• @heroku: A web version of our December newsletter is available. includes @neo4j tutorial & @urbandictionary case study http://newsletterer.heroku.com/2011/12/14

Cloud

• @adrianoalmeida7: #Neo4j at #OpenShift => http://cineasts-adrianoalmeida7.rhcloud.com/ Graphs on the cloud, baby. Wanna know how? Blog post (screencast) is coming soon. Tx @mesirii

Tinkerpop

• @twarko: TinkerPop celebrates a new release of its open source graph stack. http://groups.google.com/group/gremlin-users #graphdb #nosql

Neo4j.rb

• @ronge: Released Neo4j.rb 1.3.1 http://groups.google.com/group/neo4jrb Thanks to all contributors: @vivekprahlad @dnagir and @endeepak
• @dnagir moved all open issues from lighthouse to github issues
• @ronge: This is just too fun - started to play around with a Ruby DSL for #cypher https://github.com/andreasronge/neo4j #neo4j

Neo4jPHP

• @joshadell: #Neo4jPHP 0.0.6-beta released! Fulltext indexing, named Cypher/Gremlin parameters https://github.com/jadell/neo4jphp #neo4j #graphdb #nosql #php

Neo4j-Python

• @tingletech: neo4django 0.1.5 Release - A django that work with neo4j /via  http://tingletech.tumblr.com/neo4django-0-1-5-release
• @neo4j: Just discovered PynIT the @py2neo demo application talking to a Neo4j-Server http://py2neo.org/pynit/ Now I want a @Heroku demo screencast :)
• @technige: @py2neo 0.99: Python bindings to Neo4j http://pypi.python.org/pypi/py2neo/0.99

Spring Data Neo4j

• Intro Webinar by @mesirii Video on youtube
• Next best thing to being there: the slides from last night's @SpringData #Neo4j meetup in NYC: http://portal.sliderocket.com/AWCXY/SDN-Meetup Send Q's to @akollegger

Vaadin

• @samieklbad: Sure! Here it is: http://dev.vaadin.com/Neo4JSample/ Re: Cool! Is the source available? 
• @gigueredmgzne9 Linux+Tomcat+@neo4j+@vaadin: http://sami.virtuallypreinstalled.com/neo4j

SparQL-Neo4j-Plugin

• RT @peterneubauer: First test executing SparQL against Neo4j Server, thanks a lot @joshsh and @twarko! https://github.com/peterneubauer/sparql-plugin #RDF #SPARQL

Neo4j-Cypher-Jdbc-Driver

• @rickardoberg created a JDBC driver that runs cypher queries against a Neo4j Server, works with ODBC too - Testing help needed! https://groups.google.com/neo4j #nosql

Cool Stuff

• @twarko: "Global vs. Local Graph Ranking" http://www.dzone.com/global_vs_local_graph_ranking #GraphDB #Gremlin #neo4j #NoSQL
• @jpbergamin: We just merged our SDN-2 branch into 'default'. Now we are "powered by @SpringData #neo4j 2.0.0 and #neo4j 1.5" and all #osgi enabled.
• @twarko: "Weekly Algorithm: Property Graph Algorithms" http://www.dzone.com/weekly_algorithm_property_graph_algorithms #Algorithm #GraphDB #NoSQL
• @pridkett: Graph Databases & Revision History: http://patrick.wagstrom.net/graph-databases-and-revision-history/ persistent data structs #graphdb #gremlin
• @williewheeler Why I’m excited about using Neo4j for a CMDB backend - http://www.dzone.com/why_im_excited_about_using_neo4j_for_a_cmdb_backend
• Very detailed presentation about #Neo4j Datastructure internals (en). THX RT @kimuras: 今日発表予定の資料をアップロードしました。 http://www.slideshare.net/skimura/graphdatabase-data-structure #DSIRNLP
• @darthvader42: see my slides for the #neo4j #grails talk at http://www.slideshare.net/darthvader42/grails-and-neo4j #gr8conf
• @PrasannaPendse: Just launched: social fitness - http://www.fitstudio.com/ powered by #neo4j and #rubyonrails #mytw

Educational

• @midpeter444: @jimwebber sent you a GitHub pull request on the neo4j-tutorial to address a few minor issues I complained about. Thanks for considering!
• @mynosql_popescu: NoSQL Screencasts: Neo4j for Ruby and Java People, Plus Data Modeling and Querying: Before the weekend is over, ... http://nosql.mypopescu.com/nosql-screencasts-neo4j-for-ruby-and-java-people-plus

Upcoming Community Events

• Dec 21 #NYJavaSIG Meeting - #Neo4J - High Performance NoSQL Graph Database - Peter Bell - CTO Skinnio - register at http://www.javasig.com/meeting
• Join us at MoviePilot HQ next Wed, Dec. 21, 7PM CET for our #Neo4j @Heroku hacknight meetup http://www.meetup.com/graphdb-berlin Thx @MoviePilot for loc!
• @shat90 wants to organize an Neo4j-Meetup in Pune, India, Please help him making this happen. @jimwebber offered Neo4j-Training.
• @Mariawennestam: LinkedIn Events: @iansrobinson @jimwebber's #Neo4j Tutorial http://skillsmatter.com/course/nosql/neo4j-tutorial @skillsmatter
• Started meetup group in Chicago: http://www.meetup.com/windy-city-graphdb Please register and bring it to live /cc @adil_sr

Conferences

• @peterneubauer: Wanna submit SNS papers? Here is an interesting conference on that. http://www.cambridgeplus.net/SNS12/ sponsored by Google. #nosql #graphdb #bigdata

Jobs

• @peterneubauer: Wanna work with Neo4j-related contracts in Germany next year? Contact me. #jobs #in

Graphistas-Map

All Graphistas please put your flag on this map: http://maps.google.com/maps - Hit the red edit and then the little marker marker button. Thanks!
Enjoy your weekend and probably you'll find time for some Neo4j related hacking.
Cheers
Peter, Andreas and Michael