From 5a720dadd8069659e0e0e726d40c86b7934b04d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Montag Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:22:27 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Edited book intro. --- src/docbkx/index.xml | 13 +++--- src/docbkx/introduction/about.xml | 70 +++++++++++++++++-------------- 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/docbkx/index.xml b/src/docbkx/index.xml index 2b664ac48..87cb48bbc 100644 --- a/src/docbkx/index.xml +++ b/src/docbkx/index.xml @@ -4,10 +4,16 @@ Good Relationships - The Spring Data Graph Guidebook + The Spring Data Graph Guide Book &version; + + + + + + Michael @@ -27,11 +33,6 @@ - - - - - Copies of this document may be made for your own use and for distribution diff --git a/src/docbkx/introduction/about.xml b/src/docbkx/introduction/about.xml index 7af3c9684..916fa350a 100644 --- a/src/docbkx/introduction/about.xml +++ b/src/docbkx/introduction/about.xml @@ -2,38 +2,46 @@ - About this Guide Book + About this guide book - - - - - + Welcome to the Spring Data Graph Guide Book. Thank you for taking the time to get an in depth look + into Spring Data Graph. + This project is part of the Spring Data project, + which brings the convenient programming model of the Spring Framework to modern NOSQL databases. + Spring Data Graph, as the name alludes to, aims to provide support for graph databases. It currently + supports Neo4j. - Welcome to the Spring Data Graph Guide Book. Thank you for taking the time to get an in depth look into Spring Data Graph Library. Spring Data Graph is part of the Spring Data project which - brings the convenient programming model of the Spring Framework to modern (mainly NOSQL) datastores. - Spring Data Graph currently provides integration for the Neo4j Graph Database. - - It was written by developers for developers. So hopefully we've created a documentation that is well received by - our peers. - - If you have any feedback to the Spring Data Graph Library or this book, please provide it via SpringSource JIRA, - the SpringSource NOSQL Forum, github comments or issues or the Neo4j mailing list. - - This book is presented as a duplex book, a term coined by Martin Fowler. A duplex book consists of at least two - parts. The first part is an easily accessible narrative, that gives the reader an overview of the topics contained - in the book. It contains lots of examples and more general discussion topics. This should be the only part of - the book that is required to be read cover-to-cover. - - We chose a tutorial describing the creation of a web applicaton (cineasts.net) that allows movie enthusiasts to - find the favorites, rate them, connect with each other and enjoy social features. The application is running on - Neo4j using Spring Data Graph and the well known Spring Web Stack. - - The second part is the classic reference documentation containing the detailed information about the library. - It discusses the programming model, the underlying assumptions, used toolset (like aspectj) as well as the APIs - for the object-graph mapping and the template approach. The reference docs should be mainly used to look up - concrete bits of information or to dig deeper into certain topics. + It was written by developers for developers. Hopefully we've created a document that is well received + by our peers. - + + If you have any feedback on Spring Data Graph or this book, please provide it via the + SpringSource JIRA, the + SpringSource NOSQL Forum, + github comments or issues, + or the Neo4j mailing list. + + + This book is presented as a duplex book, + a term coined by Martin Fowler. A duplex book consists of at least two parts. The first part is an easily + accessible tutorial that gives the reader an overview of the topics contained in the book. It contains lots + of examples and discussion topics. This part of the book is highly suited for cover-to-cover reading. + + + We chose a tutorial describing the creation of a web application that allows movie enthusiasts to + find their favorite movies, rate them, connect with fellow movie geeks, and enjoy social features such as + recommendations. The application is running on Neo4j using Spring Data Graph and the well-known Spring + Web Stack. + + + The second part of the book is the classic reference documentation, containing detailed information about + the library. It discusses the programming model, the underlying assumptions, and internals, as well as the + APIs for the object-graph mapping. The reference documentation is typically used to look up concrete bits of + information, or to drill down into certain topics. For hackers wanting to really delve into Spring Data + Graph, it can of course also be read cover-to-cover. + + + Enjoy the book! + +