Introduction to Lucene and Solr

Apache Lucene library is at the heart of the majority of search applications in production today either directly or through server frameworks such as Apache Solr and ElasticSearch. Solr powers the search results of sites like Zappos, Orbitz, Walmart.com, and many many more. If your application needs search, you need to know about Lucene and Solr!

This session will introduce you to the basics of search principles, using Lucene's API, including indexing analysis, relevancy topics like TF/IDF, and query parsing. We will then discuss how Solr adds a lot of value, features, flexibility, and ease of use above and beyond Lucene. We will see how Solr provides enormous scalability with distributed, fault-tolerant capabilities and how easy it is to integrate into your applications.

About Erik Hatcher

Erik advocates for Atlas Search at MongoDB, these days. Prior to this, he co-founded Lucidworks, innovating solutions for customers with Solr and Lucene. He has been a committer on various ASF projects, sits on the Lucene and Solr PMC, and a Member of the ASF.

Erik has spoken at conferences, events, and meetups around the world, entirely on open source projects. He has spoken at JavaOne, Uberconf, the NFJS circuit, Devoxx, Berlin Buzzwords, Lucene Revolution, and many other events and user group meetings.

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