This book is part of Packt's Cookbook series; each chapter looks at a different aspect of working with Apache Solr. The recipes deal with common problems of working with Solr by using easy-to-understand, real-life examples. The book is not in any way a complete Apache Solr reference and you should see it as a helping hand when things get rough on your journey with Apache Solr. Developers who are working with Apache Solr and would like to know how to combat common problems will find this book of great use. Knowledge of Apache Lucene would be a bonus but is not required.

Author Biography

Rafal Kuc is a born team leader and software developer. Right now he holds the position of software architect and Solr and Lucene specialist. He has 8 years of experience in various software branches - from banking software to the e - commerce products. Mainly focused on Java, but open on every tool and programming language that will make the achievement of his goal easier and faster. Rafal is also one of the founders of solr.pl site where he tries to share his knowledge and help people with their problems with Solr and Lucene. Rafal began his journey with Lucene in the 2002 and it wasn't love at first sight. When he came back to Lucene in late 2003 he revised his thoughts about the framework and saw the potential is search technologies. Than Solr came and this was it. From then Rafal is concentrated on search technologies and data analysis. Right now Lucene and Solr are his main points of interest. Many Polish e - commerce sites use Solr deployments that were made with the guidance of Rafal and with the use of tools developed by him.