exploring election results with neo4j

E X P L O R I N G E L E C T I O N R E S U LT S W I T H N E O 4 J

N O S Q L M A T T E R S 2 0 1 4 : L I G H T N I N G TA L K

W H O A M I ?

• David Simons

• @SwamWithTurtles github.com/SwamWithTurtles

• Software Developer

• …for a bespoke solutions provider Softwire. (Hint: we’re currently hiring)

• … for fun

N O O P E N D ATA F O R U K E L E C T I O N S R E S U LT S

T H E P R O B L E M

A C A D E M I C W E B S I T E

C O N TA I N I N G B A D LY

F O R M AT T E D D ATA

D ATA S C R A P E R ( P Y T H O N )

N E O 4 J !!

R E S T A P I E N D P O I N T ( C L O J U R E )

W H Y C L O J U R E ?

• Tim dared me to.

W H Y C L O J U R E ?

• But in retrospect…

• Good native library support:

• Leiningen

• Ring (for HTTP/REST) Neocons (for Neo4J)Incanter (for Stats)

W H Y N E O 4 J ?

• “Whiteboardability”

• Good framework support for a range of languages

• Closely matches our model

• Intuitive “Cypher” Query Language to do graph based queries

L E T ’ S S E E I T I N A C T I O N

Small subgraph visualised

Results of 2010 General Election

Has anyone ever got no votes? (Sorry Mr. Gallagher)

N E O 4 J I S A W E S O M E F O R Q U I C K D E V W O R K

T H A N K S !

David Simonsdavid.simons@softwire.com@SwamWithTurtlesGithub: SwamWithTurtles

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Code:(Warning: not yet in stable/workable version!) github.com/pimterry/ national-hack-the- government-2014