I'm writing a book about Lucene and text processing in Portuguese (ok, maybe I'm masochist) and I can say the evolution is really fast. I started in version 5 and I had to update to version 6. Now I have 60% ready, but we are in version 6.4 and going on...
Marco Reis Software Architect http://marcoreis.net https://github.com/masreis +55 61 981194620 2017-03-03 15:32 GMT-03:00 Christine Poerschke (BLOOMBERG/ LONDON) < [email protected]>: > Somewhat related, any thoughts on combining the two 'How to Contribute to > ...' wiki pages into a unified 'How to Contribute' under lucene.apache.org > itself? > > https://wiki.apache.org/lucene-java/HowToContribute > https://wiki.apache.org/solr/HowToContribute > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > At: 03/03/17 17:31:10 > > (not directly relevant to the topic, but I do have an empty > https://github.com/arafalov/solr-contributor-guide ....) > > The problem with writing the book for Lucene/Solr is that the project > moves too fast for conventional print time. I kept having to rewrite > first 3 chapters completely because of the rapid changes. > > If anybody is masochistic, I would recommend taking a smaller slice of > the project and writing about that in an intense spike and > self-publishing. I could offer a couple of Solr titles that I have on > the back-burner ..... > > Regards, > Alex. > P.s. There are no developer guides. Worse, there are no "pain point > guides either". Perhaps if somebody started the "pain-points" one, we > could then build the "developer guide" on top of it. > P.p.s. There is a "working with git for Lucene/Solr repo" guide > somewhere actually. But that's different. Also, consider using a > shallow git clone when getting the repo. Latest Git still allows to > commit from that and you may save yourself some significant > bandwidth/disk space. > > ---- > http://www.solr-start.com/ - Resources for Solr users, new and experienced > > > On 3 March 2017 at 11:26, Doug Turnbull > <[email protected]> wrote: > > As an aside, I'm pretty sure if anyone wanted to write a new edition of > > Lucene in Action, and you're masochistic enough to write a book for a top > > tier tech book publisher, I'd be happy to introduce you to someone at > > Manning :) > > > > And Lucene In Action is a very good read, will help you get the big > ideas, > > even if the examples are outdated > > > > -Doug > > > > On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 11:23 AM David Smiley <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> There is no developer's guide. There are Javadocs, and there's an > >> outdated book (although the concepts are still good but it's the details > >> that have changed). > >> ~ David > >> > >> On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 11:16 AM Nilesh Kamani <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Could anybody please help me with this ? > >>> > >>> On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 9:22 AM, Nilesh Kamani <[email protected] > > > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hello All, > >>>> > >>>> Are there any Developer's Guide to understand various packages and > >>>> classes and their role ? > >>>> I am looking to modify boolean AND search to meet some specific > >>>> criteria. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> Nilesh Kamani > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> -- > >> Lucene/Solr Search Committer, Consultant, Developer, Author, Speaker > >> LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/davidwsmiley | Book: > >> http://www.solrenterprisesearchserver.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > >
