Solr Unleashed

A Hands-On Workshop for Building Killer Search Apps

Course Overview

Having consulted with clients on Lucene and Solr for the better part of a decade, we’ve seen the same mistakes made over and over again: applications built on shaky foundations, stretched to the breaking point. In this two day class, learn from the experts about how to do it right and make sure your apps are rock solid, scalable, and produce relevant results. Also check the course outline.

Class Schedule and Registration

10% Early Bird discount automatically applied when you register 30 days prior to the class start date.

Date	Location	Time	Price	Register
May 20-21	Atlanta (Alpharetta), GA	9:00am - 5:00pm	$1,600
May 22-23	São Paulo, Brazil (Delivered in Portuguese)	9:00am - 5:00pm	$1,100	CLASS IS FULL Add your name to the wait list.
June 4-5	Redwood City, CA	9:00am - 5:00pm	$1,600
June 5-6	Paris, France (Delivered in French)	9:00am - 5:00pm	$1,800
June 10-11	Augsburg, Germany (Delivered in German)	9:00am - 5:00pm	$1,800
June 10-11	Amsterdam, Netherlands	9:00am - 5:00pm	$1,800
June 13-14	Florianópolis, Brazil (Delivered in Portuguese)	9:00am - 5:00pm	$1,100
June 18-19	New York, NY	9:00am - 5:00pm	$1,600
July 9-10	Dallas (Irving), TX	9:00am - 5:00pm	$1,600
July 9-10	Milan, Italy (Delivered in Italian)	9:00am - 5:00pm	$1,800
July 9-10	Geneva, Switzerland	9:00am - 5:00pm	$1,800
July 16-17	Melbourne, Australia	9:00am - 5:00pm	$1,800
July 23-24	Reston, Virginia	9:00am - 5:00pm	$1,600

Who Should Attend?

This course is intended for Developers. System Administrators are welcome to attend, but it is primarily designed for people who have experience developing web applications in Java, PHP, Ruby or similar languages.

Learning Objectives

This class is all about best practices. The end goal is for students to walk away confident that their Solr installation is implemented in the best possible way.

Prerequisites

This is a technical class for technical people. Experience with Solr is not required, but you should at minimum be comfortable with a command line (console, shell) to execute basic commands.

Course Outline

Day 1	Day 2
1. The Fundamentals About Solr Installing and running Solr Adding content to Solr Reading a Solr XML response Changing parameters in the URL Using the browse interface 2. Searching Sorting results Query parsers More queries Hardwiring request parameters Adding fields to default search Faceting on fields Range faceting Date range faceting Hierarchical faceting Result grouping 3. Indexing Adding your own content to Solr Deleting data from solr Building a bookstore search Adding book data Exploring the book data Dedupe updateprocessor 4. Updating your schema Adding fields to the schema Analyzing text	5. Relevance Field weighting Phrase queries Function queries 6. Extended features More-like-this Fuzzier search Sounds-like Geospatial Spell checking Suggestions Highlighting 7. Multilanguage Working with English Working with other languages Non-whitespace languages Identifying languages Language specific sorting 8. SolrCloud Introduction How SolrCloud works Commit strategies ZooKeeper Managing Solr config files

Day 1

Day 2

1. The Fundamentals

About Solr
Installing and running Solr
Adding content to Solr
Reading a Solr XML response
Changing parameters in the URL
Using the browse interface

2. Searching

Sorting results
Query parsers
More queries
Hardwiring request parameters
Adding fields to default search
Faceting on fields
Range faceting
Date range faceting
Hierarchical faceting
Result grouping

3. Indexing

Adding your own content to Solr
Deleting data from solr
Building a bookstore search
Adding book data
Exploring the book data
Dedupe updateprocessor

4. Updating your schema

Adding fields to the schema
Analyzing text

5. Relevance

Field weighting
Phrase queries
Function queries

6. Extended features

More-like-this
Fuzzier search
Sounds-like
Geospatial
Spell checking
Suggestions
Highlighting

7. Multilanguage

Working with English
Working with other languages
Non-whitespace languages
Identifying languages
Language specific sorting

8. SolrCloud

Introduction
How SolrCloud works
Commit strategies
ZooKeeper
Managing Solr config files

More Information

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

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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, LucidWorks has to cancel or reschedule a delivery. If this happens, we will notify you as far in advance of the scheduled course dates as possible. In the event that a course is cancelled, the liability of LucidWorks is limited to the return of paid registration fees.

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