This is the first of many session spotlights, as we prepare
for Codegarden 2010, keep reading for indepth information on the
topic and the speaker, you can also view the list of all the
announced sessions here
.
Shannon Deminick, Photo by Peter
Gregory
The topic
Have you ever wanted a real search engine built into Umbraco?
Well, Lucene is a powerful indexer and searcher and has been part
of Umbraco for years, but it was always tricky to use.
Examine brings a new level of power to the Lucene.Net
implementation by giving you a search engine that is both easy to
setup and extremely extensible.
It has a fluent API, multiple index capabilities and a flexible
provider model. See how Examine can give you site searching
capabilities beyond what is possible with just XSLT.
Go to the session page on Codegarden10.com
The speaker
Shannon Deminick is Canadian, but works for "The Farm Digital" in
Australia, and is on the Umbraco Core team. He is one of the most
contributing members, making major improvements to the backend Html
and javascript for a faster and more efficient user interface,
optimizing the datalayer for faster content mangement, completely
rewrote the search engine, and a ton of other improvements.
We have no idea where he finds the time but besides the Umbraco
project he also contributes to the Examine Project, which is a
managed Lucene.Net Search Engine library, and the ASP.Net Client
Dependency Framework, both projects have been included in the
Umbraco Core. He blogs on the FarmCode blog .
Meet Shannon At Codegarden 2010
All the session speakers at this years Codegarden will be
present all 3 days, it's a great opportunity to socialize, network
and pick their brains on anything umbraco. They will also take part
in the Open Space topics, making it a unique opportunity to get
some expert input on a topic you
choose.