Comments on: Book Review: Solr 1.4 Enterprise Search Server (Packt) by David Smiley and Eric Pugh http://www.lucidimagination.com/blog/2010/01/11/book-review-solr-packt-book/ Exclusively dedicated to Apache Lucene/Solr open source search technology Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:13:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Webhamer Weblog: Search & ICT-related blogging » links for 2010-02-06 http://www.lucidimagination.com/blog/2010/01/11/book-review-solr-packt-book/comment-page-1/#comment-4316 Webhamer Weblog: Search & ICT-related blogging » links for 2010-02-06 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:02:44 +0000 http://www.lucidimagination.com/blog/?p=1466#comment-4316 [...] Lucid Imagination » Book Review: Solr 1.4 Enterprise Search Server (Packt) by David Smiley and Eric... Solr 1.4 Enterprise Search Server, by David Smiley and Eric Pugh is a must-have for all new-comers to Solr. It provides a comprehensive overview of the features needed for practically every project, from indexing common data sources to searching with faceting, highlighting, spell checking and then covers deployment and performance topics. (tags: solr) [...] [...] Lucid Imagination » Book Review: Solr 1.4 Enterprise Search Server (Packt) by David Smiley and Eric… Solr 1.4 Enterprise Search Server, by David Smiley and Eric Pugh is a must-have for all new-comers to Solr. It provides a comprehensive overview of the features needed for practically every project, from indexing common data sources to searching with faceting, highlighting, spell checking and then covers deployment and performance topics. (tags: solr) [...]

]]> By: Lucid Imagination » Solr Search User Interface Examples http://www.lucidimagination.com/blog/2010/01/11/book-review-solr-packt-book/comment-page-1/#comment-4222 Lucid Imagination » Solr Search User Interface Examples Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:29:06 +0000 http://www.lucidimagination.com/blog/?p=1466#comment-4222 [...] library really has a need to customize the UI.  Blacklight, for example, is written up in the Solr 1.4 book (by Smiley and Pugh) with a showcase that works on their MusicBrainz [...] [...] library really has a need to customize the UI.  Blacklight, for example, is written up in the Solr 1.4 book (by Smiley and Pugh) with a showcase that works on their MusicBrainz [...]

]]> By: rob ganly http://www.lucidimagination.com/blog/2010/01/11/book-review-solr-packt-book/comment-page-1/#comment-4218 rob ganly Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:22:34 +0000 http://www.lucidimagination.com/blog/?p=1466#comment-4218 it did seem rather bizarre that the book was released quite a while before the software (when you have a project that is ripe for it and you are itching to use the new features it seems to take longer!), however i can see the publisher's position too. there was apparently an issue where it was wating for a new version of lucene at the time before it could be released (v. 2.9 i think). the online addendum isn't too lengthy either, so that's not too bad. i also feel that faceting could/should have been it's own chapter too- perhaps in the next version. overall i'd certainly recommend the book to anyone who needs to understand and use solr. it is very comprehensive and well-written, which is just as well seeing as, to my knowledge, it is the only book available! :) rob ganly it did seem rather bizarre that the book was released quite a while before the software (when you have a project that is ripe for it and you are itching to use the new features it seems to take longer!), however i can see the publisher’s position too.

there was apparently an issue where it was wating for a new version of lucene at the time before it could be released (v. 2.9 i think). the online addendum isn’t too lengthy either, so that’s not too bad.

i also feel that faceting could/should have been it’s own chapter too- perhaps in the next version.

overall i’d certainly recommend the book to anyone who needs to understand and use solr. it is very comprehensive and well-written, which is just as well seeing as, to my knowledge, it is the only book available! :)

rob ganly

]]> By: Eric Pugh http://www.lucidimagination.com/blog/2010/01/11/book-review-solr-packt-book/comment-page-1/#comment-4212 Eric Pugh Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:36:42 +0000 http://www.lucidimagination.com/blog/?p=1466#comment-4212 Thanks for the very in depth review, and we'll be updating the addendum page based on some of your points. I'll admit I was on tenter hooks awaiting this review since you know the internals of Solr so well. We debated about waiting on 1.4 to go final before publishing, and finally decided to stop delaying and go ahead and publish! Hopefully there will be a second printing and we'll update the chapters. Thanks for the very in depth review, and we’ll be updating the addendum page based on some of your points. I’ll admit I was on tenter hooks awaiting this review since you know the internals of Solr so well. We debated about waiting on 1.4 to go final before publishing, and finally decided to stop delaying and go ahead and publish! Hopefully there will be a second printing and we’ll update the chapters.

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