Elasticsearch in Action

Elasticsearch in Action is divided into three parts: “Core functionality”, “Advanced functionality” and Appendixes.Reading all the chapter of first two parts, in order, brings the reader from an Elasticsearch newbie to a professional; in a straight and efficient way. Authors, as well, recommend this approach, because often the functionalities explained in a chapter depends on concepts presented in previous chapters.It was a pleasure reading this book; very well written, getting straight to the point, adding useful information to dive into the details of how Elasticsearch works under the hood. I really appreciate it and definitely suggest it to every body seriously interested in Elasticsearch. Definitely a masterpiece.Take you time reading this book: each chapter deserve some time, and you'll not be disappointed. It took two and a half years to the authors to complete it: you don’t need to be the one in a rush.The book's six appendixes dives in the details of some features that could not be relevant to every reader. However those appendixes are written in the same excellent way of previous chapters.Appendix A is about geospatial search and aggregations.Appendix B shows how to manage Elasticsearch plugins.Appendix C is about highlighting query terms in search results.Appendix D is about third-party monitoring tools.Appendix E is about Percolator.Appendix F is about the autocomplete functionality.