Lucene in action

[Vimal Jain <vk...@gmail.com>]

Hi Mike,
Any plans to author 3rd edition of Lucene in Action ?
Since 2nd edition ( based on lucene 4), things have changed quite a bit (
9.6.0)
So should we expect 3rd edition soon or any other references to learn new
things in latest lucene ?

Re: Lucene in action

[Michael McCandless <lu...@mikemccandless.com>]

Hi Vimal,

Indeed I think it is unlikely I have the energy for a 3rd edition ... but
anyone can drive the 3rd edition, not just the prior authors.  New authors
welcome!

> Since 2nd edition ( based on lucene 4),

I'm sorry to say that 2nd edition is based on Lucene 3.0 not 4!  It's even
older than you thought ;)

Many of the core concepts in LIA 2 are still accurate, but the book
does not cover all the new and exciting stuff added to Lucene since.

> So should we expect 3rd edition soon or any other references to learn new
things in latest lucene ?

Well, I try to write up blog posts on exciting new features at
https://blog.mikemccandless.com/ but even that writing is challenging to
make time for...

Many other people write up exciting Lucene related blog posts too.  And
conferences like Community Over Code and Berlin Buzzwords are a great
chance to learn and meet fellow developers...

Mike McCandless

http://blog.mikemccandless.com


On Sat, Jun 10, 2023 at 3:07 AM Mark Miller <ma...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Nature abhors being anything but an author by name on a second tech book.
> The ruse is up after one when you have the inputs crystalized and the
> hourly wage in hand. Hard to find anything but executive producers after
> that. I’d shoot for a persuasive crowdfunding attempt.
>

Re: Lucene in action

[Mark Miller <ma...@gmail.com>]

Nature abhors being anything but an author by name on a second tech book.
The ruse is up after one when you have the inputs crystalized and the
hourly wage in hand. Hard to find anything but executive producers after
that. I’d shoot for a persuasive crowdfunding attempt.