From the 11.-13. August we had a fun, inspiring and productive codesprint at the dkd office in Frankfurt.
At the beginning we started by talking about expectations, ideas and formed teams for the tasks.
After we formed small working groups, the groups decided on which task they want to work. In the following paragraphs I will summarize the results that we achieve.
During the migration to Apache Solr 6.1 we solved the following steps:
We decided to replace the old installer with a new script, that should be used for development use only.
Based on the official Apache Solr Docker container from Lucidworks we created two docker images:
During the development our integration test indicated that there is a different behaviour in Apache Solr 6.1 compared to 4.10.4.
In EXT:solr you are able to track statistics from the searches that are done in the frontend for a couple of time. Now you can get a value out of this in the backend and see:
This can help to optimize your configuration and content according to the interests of your website users
During the codesprint we:
Beside the technical stuff we had a great and inspiring time and took the change to learn more about each other.
And what do 6 hungry developers need after coding?
B33F :)
That’s why we decided to take our dinner on friday at the „Blockhouse Steakhouse“ and afterwards enjoy the music and conversations in the „O Reilly`s Irish Pub“...
With the release of Version 5.1 we will provide the "new backend statistics module" and the „ux improvements“. Beside that, version 5.1, will contain the possibility to configure „document variants“ aka „field collapsing“, which can be used as one approach of de-duplication for solrfal or to render variants of documents.
The integration of Apache Solr 6.1 and Docker images is planned for Version EXT:solr 6.0 that is planned to be released by the end of 2016. You can try it right now, by installing our „solr6-docker“ branch as "technology preview“. We are happy to get your feedback on the current state.
EXT:solr 5.1
TYPO3 Version: 7.6 LTS
Apache Solr Version: 4.10.4
Estimated Release: 9/2016
Focus: Codesprint Results / Document Variants / UX Improvements
EXT:solr 6.0
TYPO3 Version: 7.6 LTS
Apache Solr Version: 6.1.0
Estimated Release: 12/2016
Focus: New Solr Version / Docker Images
EXT:solr 7.0
TYPO3 Version: 8.2 LTS
Apache Solr Version: 6.1.0
Estimated Release: 3-4/2016 (Depends on LTS Release)
Focus: Fluid as Default Templating Engine in EXT:solr
First of all, we had a great team and i want to thank all participants that you’ve joined the codesprint and really worked hard to bring "Apache Solr For TYPO3" to a new level:
In addition we want to say thank you to:
Looking forward for the next codesprint! Maybe you want to join as well?