It is really not very difficult to build a decent web front-end to SOLR using one of the available client libraries (such as solrpy for python).
I recently build pretty full-featured search front-end to SOLR in python (using tornado web server and templates) and it was not difficult at all to build from scratch - it may have even been more work to learn and customize backlight. I also wanted to avoid adding yet another language - since lots of other back-end code was already in python... On Oct 25, 2011, at 6:03 AM, Memory Makers wrote: > 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. >>>> >>>> >> >>
