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Zend Framework 2.0 by Example: Beginner's Guide

By : Krishna Shasankar V
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Zend Framework 2.0 by Example: Beginner's Guide

By: Krishna Shasankar V

Overview of this book

<p>ZF2 is the latest update to the well-known Zend Framework. This version has considerably eased the process of building complex web applications with minimal development effort using plug and play components. ZF2 also provides a highly robust and scalable framework for developing web applications.</p> <p>"Zend Framework 2.0 by Example: Beginner’s Guide" will guide you through the process of developing powerful web applications using ZF2. It covers all aspects of Zend Framework application development right from installation and configuration; the tasks are designed in a way that readers can easily understand and use them to build their own applications with ease.</p> <p>"Zend Framework 2.0 by Example: Beginner’s Guide" begins with the basic installation and configuration of the Zend Framework. As you progress through the exercises, you will become thoroughly acquainted with ZF2. With this book, you will learn about the basic concepts of building solid MVC web applications using Zend Framework 2.0. The detailed step-by-step instructions will enable you to build functionality such as a group chat, a file &amp; media sharing service, search, and a simple store to name a few. You will also use a wide range of external modules to implement features that are not natively available. By the end of the book, you will be well versed in building complex, functionality-rich web applications using Zend Framework 2.0.</p> <p>"Zend Framework 2.0 by Example: Beginner’s Guide" provides everything that you need for building functionality-rich web applications with simple real world examples and tasks.</p>
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Zend Framework 2.0 by Example Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Introduction to Lucene


Lucene is a high-performance, scalable information retrieval (search) library developed by Apache Foundation, which can be used for implementing free-text search in web applications. Lucene provides a simple-to-use API, which will provide powerful indexing and searching capability to your web application. To read more about Lucene visit http://lucene.apache.org/.

The most important components of the Lucene search library are explained as follows:

  • Index: Lucene index is the data store that holds all the indexed documents; queries are executed against the index to fetch the documents.

  • Document: A document is the default building block for a Lucene index; documents can be compared to records in a table. Each document holds a number of fields upon which queries can be executed.

  • Field: Each Lucene document comprises of one or more fields; it is not necessary that all the fields are indexed, fields can also be stored without indexing.

The Lucene search works based on the index...