# Getting started and looking for good resources **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 3, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-started-and-looking-for-good-resources/9228 "2012-10-03T15:19:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ephraim\_Mower](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ephraim_mower/32/2687_2.png) [@Ephraim\_Mower](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ephraim_Mower)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-started-and-looking-for-good-resources/9228/1 "2012-10-03T15:19:36Z")
I have just gotten started using ElasticSearch and NEST (.NET client). There is a lot of information around, but much of it seems to assume some base knowledge, and I'm not sure where to go for that. I was wondering if anyone could suggest resources that might help me get up to speed. For instance, it isn't clear how filters and queries are nested/combined. Would understanding Lucene concepts be the best way to start? I have a fairly straightforward use case...a series of optional query params to my REST API that I will parse and use to retrieve the IDs of matching documents - no score necessary...but so far I can't seem to sort out how to get there. Thanks in advance, Cork -- ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-started-and-looking-for-good-resources/9228/2 "2017-07-06T03:10:22Z")