title: What are the advantages of using Spring Data neo4j over just using neo4j directly?
body: <p>I am brand new to NOSQL databases (or any kind of database) and I need to build a graph database in Java. I have never used SpringSource before either. Will using Spring Data neo4j make the process of creating a graph database easier or will it complicate things? Should I just try to work with neo4j directly?
  Thank you very much.</p>