# Best ways to get into the code of elasticsearch?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-ways-to-get-into-the-code-of-elasticsearch/255844
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 18, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-ways-to-get-into-the-code-of-elasticsearch/255844 "2020-11-18T12:56:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@qohelet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/qohelet)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-ways-to-get-into-the-code-of-elasticsearch/255844/1 "2020-11-18T12:56:34Z")
I'm a FOSS-enthusiast and started to fiddle around with elasticsearch.
I like the implementation and the possibilities on how to set up the queries.
Despite developing Java for quite a while I haven't worked with Gradle and can't say ad-hoc how the server is set up and the workflow. Is there some kind of developer documentation in order to play with the code myself?
I have found [https://www.elastic.co/guide/index.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/index.html) already but after going through it a little it doesn't seem to be what I'm looking for.
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-ways-to-get-into-the-code-of-elasticsearch/255844/2 "2020-11-18T15:31:55Z")
Welcome!
I'd start from:
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-ways-to-get-into-the-code-of-elasticsearch/255844/3 "2020-12-16T15:32:04Z")
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