Which JavaScript framework should I build my search application in?
People are always asking me “What should I build my rich Search interface in?”, and right now it’s pretty easy, it’s either Angular or EmberJS if you want to…
Improving Angular Dirty Checking Performance
We build a lot of search applications, including our search relevancy workbench, Quepid or the US Patent and Trademarks Offices Global Patent Navigator Search. A big part of making…
A Simple Promise Implementation in about 20 lines of Javascript
Promises are a rather convenient way of creating readable asynchronous code. More importantly, implementing Promises is a great way to hone your ability to grok async code. So follow…
What is “Cloud meet Ocean”?
Cloud Meet Ocean from Matt Overstreet on Vimeo. Transcript: Whats the point of “cloud meet ocean”? We do a lot of large scale search systems. Often we have ourselves…
Using Vagrant with AngularJS
… and NodeJS, and Yeoman, and Compass, and … Vagrant is a super way to keep project dependencies isolated and explicit so you can easily jump between projects. AngularJS…
Creating a Solr <search> HTML element with AngularJS!
Note: The following post is fantastic… but this one is about the same topic and is even better. \n\n Of late weve been playing around with EmberJS for putting…
Why use a Javascript interface for Solr?
Richer presentation. Deeper data in search results. Search UIs are getting richer and more interesting by the day. Google page snapshots, animated disclosures of richer data on mouse over,…
XUL Getting Started Guide
I recently was tasked with creating a Firefox add-on or extension for a client and here are some of the things I wish I had known before I began….