Best language to read file contents and build searchable index

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I am looking to develop an application that will:

- Build a browsable index of all files contained within a directory and display file information (file type, size, date created, etc.)
- Read the contents of all the files in the directory and build a searchable index which can be distributed with the files for fast searching by keyword
- The files will be a variety of formats: .txt, .pdf, .doc, .XML, etc.

It must be fast, simple for the end-user to use and it must be able to handle huge amounts of files.

Opinions on the best language to accomplish these goals?

What I have tried:

I haven't tried anything yet - still in the research stage.

Posted 21-May-20 2:01am

BadDogTitan

Updated 21-May-20 2:54am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2020-05-21T02:21:00

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the best language to accomplish these goals?

The one you know best.

Almost any language can do that, so it's pretty much entirely up to you and what you are experienced with.
We can't help you decide that - we have no idea of your educational background or skill set.

Posted 21-May-20 2:21am

OriginalGriff

Richard MacCutchan · Answer 2 · 2020-05-21T02:55:00

Given the different file types you want to process, you will need access to libraries that allow you to read the different file types. There are a number of different .NET libraries around that can do it, so C# or VB.NET would be a reasonable choice. Alternatively Python can certainly handle a number of them but you would need to check for yourself.