Developing Search Applications With Solr is a 3-day instructor-led, hands-on classroom training course designed and developed by the engineers that helped write the Lucene/Solr code, and delivered by instructors certified by Lucid in a shared classroom setting. This class is also delivered on-site or at a location of your choice.

The objective of this course is to provide you with the in-depth information to implement Solr search engine technologies. Through a combination of lectures, hands-on lab exercises and example tutorials you will learn to apply best practices to develop scalable, high availability and high performance search applications.  There will be time for questions and discussion to enhance your learning experience. At the end of the course you will understand how to set up and use Solr to index and search, how to analyze and solve common problems, and how to use optional Solr modules such as facets, spell check, and highlighting.

The Course Covers

• Principals of search application development
• Common search use cases and their application
• How to make content searchable
• Key Solr and Lucene concepts
• Basics of indexing and searching using Solr
• How to design and run a Solr application
• Best practices for indexing, searching and performance
• Techniques to analyze and resolve common search problems
• How to leverage Solr’s optional modules including spell checking, highlighting, Data Import Handler, Tika Integration and other popular capabilities
• Advanced topics in designing Solr apps and running a site
• Solr operations and deployment tools and strategies
• How to customize and extend Solr

Who Should Attend?

• Developers needing a deep understanding of Solr and how to develop Solr search applications
• Existing Solr users looking to fill-out their skill set
• IT managers and architects that are implementing search or e-commerce applications
• Technical and business users needing thorough understanding of Solr
• System administrators

Prerequisites

Some programming skill and experience with a modern programming language such as Java, PHP, Perl, Ruby, .NET, or any language that supports HTTP and/or XML. 

Format

Instructor-led lectures accompanied by hands-on lab exercises, examples, and tutorials.

Duration

The class is three days, 9AM-5PM daily with a 1 hour break for lunch.

Course Materials

Participants receive an electronic copy of the course materials.

Schedule & Registration

Cancellation Policy

Registration for a class can be cancelled up to 14 calendar days in advance of the class date for either a full refund, or credit towards another class. No credit or refund can be given for no-shows, or class registrations cancelled less than 14 calendar days prior to a class date. If a registered participant is unable to attend the course, a substitute is welcome to take their place.

On occasion, Lucid Imagination has to cancel or reschedule a delivery. If this happens, we will let you know at least two weeks before the start of a classroom delivery, or one week before the start of a virtual classroom delivery. Please keep this in mind when make travel arrangements.

More information

If you have questions about this or any other Lucid University class, please contact the Training team.