Erik Hatcher is an Apache Software Foundation member, and an active committer on the Lucene and Solr projects. Erik has co-authored the award-winning book Java Development with Ant (Manning) and the well reviewed Lucene in Action (Manning). Erik has spoken frequently at industry conferences, including JavaOne, ApacheCon, OSCON, and the No Fluff, Just Stuff symposium circuit. Erik co-founded and member of the technical staff of Lucid Imagination, a full service Lucene/Solr shop.
Other Publications
Co-author of Lucene in Action 2nd Edition (Manning, 2009).
Co-author of Lucene in Action (Manning, December 2004).
Co-author of Java Development with Ant (Manning), nominated as "Best Java Book" by both JavaWorld and Java Developer's Journal Readers' Choice awards
Contributed a case-study on HttpUnit to Rick Hightower's and Nick Lesiecki's Java Tools for Extreme Programming: Mastering Open Source Tools including Ant, JUnit, and JMeter
java.net
o Lucene Intro
o QueryParser Rules
o Velocity: Fast track to templating
JavaPro
o RoboAnt
o Exploit XDoclet's Struts capabilities
o Form validation and action mapping
o Take XDoclet Even Further
IBM developerWorks
o Automating the build and test process
o Sending rich messages between client and server using asynchronous messaging
o IBM developerWorks Web Architecture Feature Article - Remote Scripting Using a Servlet
WebReview.com - Pushing Messages to a Browser Using Remote Scripting
