Hi Jean,

I haven't come across one but Neo4j's query language, cypher, is really
easy to learn - I reckon you should give it a try :D There's an online
training course here - http://www.neo4j.org/learn/online_course - should
only take you a couple of hours to get the hang of.

Mark


On 15 February 2014 19:46, Jean-Baptiste Gllpn <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Mark,
>
> thank you for your response! The reason I was asking was that I never used
> code and a graphical interface would be much easier (and faster!) for me to
> use. Has anyone developed a GUI similar to Neoeclipse?
>
> Best,
>
> Jean-Baptiste.
>
>
> On Saturday, February 15, 2014 5:47:35 AM UTC-5, Mark Needham wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Which version of Neo4j are you using? The reason I ask is because...
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> In Neo4j 2.0.x you could do this really easily. e.g. to create Mr Jones I
>> might write the following cypher query:
>>
>> CREATE (mrJones:Person {name: "Mr Jones"})
>>
>> And then to find him again I can write the following query:
>>
>> MATCH (p:Person {name: "Mr Jones"})
>> RETURN p
>>
>> And then I have Mr Jones! You can do all this using Neo4j browser
>> (available at http://localhost:7474/browser when you start Neo4j
>> server). I think you'll find that easier to use than Neoeclipse.
>>
>> Hope that helps but let me know if not.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 14 February 2014 22:31, Jean-Baptiste Gllpn <[email protected]>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.
>>>
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