Cypher basics: it all starts with the START by Wes Freeman.
From the post:
“It all starts with the START” -Michael Hunger, Cypher webinar, Sep 2012
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startclause is one of those things that seems quite simple initially. You specify your start point(s) for the rest of the query. Typically, you use an index lookup, or if you’re just messing around, a node id (or list of node ids). This sets the stage for you tomatcha traversal pattern, or just filter your nodes with awhere. Let’s start with a simple example–here we’re going to find a single node, and return it (later we’ll get into whystartis sort of like a SQLfrom):
Wes continues his excellent introduction to Cypher.