Resource for documentation are a bit thin on the ground, but there are some great places to go for ideas as to how use fuzzydb.
The GUI example below is great for a bit of hands on play. We're aiming to get an online example up and running soon too.
There are a couple of sites using the database. Feel free to check out www.fridgemountain.com and www.likemynds.com for how it's used there.
There's always a friendly response at hand on a mail group. Any questions, and we're sure there are lots, do post them and we'll get them answered pronto.
The mailing list is fuzzydb-users@googlegroups.com. You can join at: https://groups.google.com/group/fuzzydb-users
The sample webapp can often be found deployed at: http://fuzzydb-sample-webapp.cloudfoundry.com
Check out the latest stable snapshot and build it:
git clone git://github.com/whirlwind-match/fuzzydb.git
git checkout stable
mvn install
- Example webapp - https://github.com/whirlwind-match/fuzzydb-samples
- Cutting a release - https://github.com/whirlwind-match/fuzzydb/wiki/Release-Instructions
This should pass all tests.
There is a configurable demo UI available, which is currently packaged with an example of helping people share car journeys (e.g. to work, or one off events like going to a music festival).
To run the UI having built as above, type
mvn exec:java -pl com.wwm.indexer.gui
You'll now be presented with a Java UI (no frills here ... yet).
Try this:
- Click "Random entries" to create 1000 random journeys - this should take around a second
- Click "Search" - you'll see a page of results and the time it took to find them
- Look on the Map tab. You'll see a clearly random set of journeys with the start represented by a green dot and the end by a blue one
- Now enter a short London postcode, e.g. N1 into the StartPostcode box
- Hit "Search" again. You'll see the journeys start in London now
- Insert say another 20,000 records
- Enter a postcode for the end location (e.g. M1 for Manchester), and click Search. With any luck you'll find a few matches
- In the dropdown box showing LiftShare (this box selects matching styles), select something else, e.g. PathDeviation, and search again.
- Have a play, enjoy and let us know how you get on