[ANN] Solr book: Instant Apache Solr for Indexing Data How-to

[Alexandre Rafalovitch <ar...@gmail.com>]

Hello,

I have just published a new mini-book with Packt Publishing, called
"Instant Apache Solr for Indexing Data How-to":
http://www.packtpub.com/apache-solr-for-indexing-data/book . The
examples from the book are available from Packt or from
https://github.com/arafalov/solr-indexing-book .

It is targeted at the beginners and intermediate developers with the
core focus on getting Data into the Solr. And since without data in
Solr, there is nothing to search, I think this book has a very broad
target audience.

The people who will benefit most from it are those who managed to get
their first install working by cloning example distribution and are
now not sure how to build their first _real_ schema.

Even though this is a mini book, it covers most - indexing-related -
issues in the latest version on Solr, including multilingual content
indexing, DIH, recent UpdateRequestHandlers, Near-Real-Time and so on.
In fact, the earliest version of Solr it runs with is 4.3, as I have
accidentally found bugs in all prior releases of Solr 4. :-(

The book is dirt cheap and it is even on discount right now. There is
absolutely no reason not to get it. And if you have any comments on
the material, I welcome any comments in private or in public. Or pull
request if there is a mistake in an example.

Finally, I wanted to say thank you to this mailing list's participants
for answering all my early and ongoing questions. Without you, this
book would not have happened. The book is partially my way to pay
back.

Regards,
    Alex.
P.s. I would love to have the book featured on the Solr's homepage
banner. Any ideas how?

My website: http://www.outerthoughts.com/
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandrerafalovitch
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Re: [ANN] Solr book: Instant Apache Solr for Indexing Data How-to

[Chris Hostetter <ho...@fucit.org>]

: #1: done. Somebody should probably sort them in reasonable (latest
: version covered?) order

go for it (or maybe group them ... put older additions as sub-bullets of 
current editions?)

: But who do I submit a patch to? A new Solr JIRA? An Infra Jira?

SOLR Jira.

-Hoss

Re: [ANN] Solr book: Instant Apache Solr for Indexing Data How-to

[Alexandre Rafalovitch <ar...@gmail.com>]

Thanks Hoss,

#1: done. Somebody should probably sort them in reasonable (latest
version covered?) order

#2: Found where the book images are:
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/cms/trunk/templates/solr-slides.html
But who do I submit a patch to? A new Solr JIRA? An Infra Jira?

Thanks,
   Alex.
Personal blog: http://blog.outerthoughts.com/
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandrerafalovitch
- Time is the quality of nature that keeps events from happening all
at once. Lately, it doesn't seem to be working.  (Anonymous  - via GTD
book)


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Chris Hostetter
<ho...@fucit.org> wrote:
>
> : I have just published a new mini-book with Packt Publishing, called
> : "Instant Apache Solr for Indexing Data How-to":
> : http://www.packtpub.com/apache-solr-for-indexing-data/book . The
> : examples from the book are available from Packt or from
> : https://github.com/arafalov/solr-indexing-book .
>
> Awesome!
>
> : P.s. I would love to have the book featured on the Solr's homepage
> : banner. Any ideas how?
>
> Step #1 is to get it listed on the wiki...
>
> https://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrResources#Books
>
> Step #2 is to checkout the website source from svn and submit a patch.
>
> https://lucene.apache.org/site-instructions.html
>
> I honestly don't even understand how the carousel works on the site at the
> moment to tell you where specifically to look, but hopefully it's straight
> forward if you dig in and grep for the existing book names.
>
>
>
> -Hoss

Re: [ANN] Solr book: Instant Apache Solr for Indexing Data How-to

[Chris Hostetter <ho...@fucit.org>]

: I have just published a new mini-book with Packt Publishing, called
: "Instant Apache Solr for Indexing Data How-to":
: http://www.packtpub.com/apache-solr-for-indexing-data/book . The
: examples from the book are available from Packt or from
: https://github.com/arafalov/solr-indexing-book .

Awesome!

: P.s. I would love to have the book featured on the Solr's homepage
: banner. Any ideas how?

Step #1 is to get it listed on the wiki...

https://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrResources#Books

Step #2 is to checkout the website source from svn and submit a patch.  

https://lucene.apache.org/site-instructions.html

I honestly don't even understand how the carousel works on the site at the 
moment to tell you where specifically to look, but hopefully it's straight 
forward if you dig in and grep for the existing book names.



-Hoss