Kool -- I was hoping to avoid adding another language :-( python/java/php were going to be it for me -- but I guess not.
Thanks. On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 6:02 AM, Erik Hatcher <erik.hatc...@gmail.com>wrote: > You could be up and running with Blacklight by following the quickstart > instructions in only a few minutes, but Ruby and RoR know-how will be needed > to go further with the types of customizations you mentioned. Some things > will be purely in configuration sections (but still within Ruby code files) > and done easily, but some other customizations will require deeper > knowledge. > > With only a few minutes (given the prerequisites already installed) to give > it a try, might as well give it a go :) The Blacklight community is very > helpful too, so ask on their e-mail list for assistance, or tap into the > #blacklight IRC channel. > > Erik > > > On Oct 25, 2011, at 05:53 , Memory Makers wrote: > > > Looks very interesting -- actually I looked at it a while back but in a > > different context -- for a non RoR person how much of a learning curve is > it > > to set up? > > > > Thanks. > > > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 5:49 AM, Erik Hatcher <erik.hatc...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> Blacklight - http://projectblacklight.org/ > >> > >> It's a full featured application fronting Solr. It's Ruby on Rails > based, > >> and powers many library front-ends but is becoming much more general > purpose > >> for other domains. See examples here: > >> https://github.com/projectblacklight/blacklight/wiki/Examples > >> > >> Also, the forensics domain has used it as well, as mentioned in the > slides > >> and talk I attended at Lucene Revolution earlier this year: < > >> > http://www.lucidimagination.com/blog/2011/06/01/solr-and-law-enforcement-highly-relevant-results-can-be-a-crime/ > >>> > >> > >> Often the decision for an application layer like this is determined by > the > >> programming language and frameworks used. Blacklight is "opinionated" > (as > >> any other concrete implementation would be) in this regard. If it fits > your > >> tastes, it's a great technology to use. > >> > >> Erik > >> > >> > >> On Oct 24, 2011, at 15:56 , Memory Makers wrote: > >> > >>> Greetings guys, > >>> > >>> Is there a good front end application / interface for solr? > >>> > >>> Features I'm looking for are: > >>> configure query interface (using non programatic features) > >>> configure pagination > >>> configure bookmarking of results > >>> export results of a query to a csv or other format (JSON, etc.) > >>> > >>> Is there any demand for such an application? > >>> > >>> Thanks. > >> > >> > >
