# The best book for software developers?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-best-book-for-software-developers/254900>\
**Category:** Elastic Community and Ecosystem\
**Created:** [November 10, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-best-book-for-software-developers/254900 "2020-11-10T11:33:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![lessless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@lessless](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lessless)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-best-book-for-software-developers/254900/1 "2020-11-10T11:33:33Z")

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Hi,

I wonder if there is something similar to [https://theartofpostgresql.com/](https://theartofpostgresql.com/) but for Elastic?

Cheers.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-best-book-for-software-developers/254900/2 "2020-11-10T13:31:10Z")

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There are some books available around.

- [The definitive guide](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/elasticsearch-the-definitive/9781449358532/) Also available [online](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/index.html). But it's old and it has not been updated. But most of the concepts are still relevant IMO.
- [Elasticsearch in Action](https://www.manning.com/books/elasticsearch-in-action). Also old but probably a bit more recent. @dakrone @radu_gheorghe and @Roy_Russo might tell.

Not sure if there are any others...

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**Author:** ![lessless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@lessless](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lessless)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-best-book-for-software-developers/254900/3 "2020-11-10T13:56:27Z")

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Elastic in Action is definitely a good one, but indeed many things changed I believe.

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**Author:** ![radu\_gheorghe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/radu_gheorghe/32/556_2.png) [@radu\_gheorghe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/radu_gheorghe)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-best-book-for-software-developers/254900/4 "2020-11-11T06:03:59Z")

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Thanks for the nice words for Elasticsearch in Action! It's not more recent than the definitive guide, unfortunately. Though for both most of the material still applies.

We try to keep at least the indexing script up-to-date: [https://github.com/dakrone/elasticsearch-in-action](https://github.com/dakrone/elasticsearch-in-action)

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**Author:** ![lessless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@lessless](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lessless)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-best-book-for-software-developers/254900/5 "2020-11-12T11:28:01Z")

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I guess it means that we are waiting for the second edition! 😉

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-best-book-for-software-developers/254900/6 "2020-12-10T11:28:05Z")

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