I like to think of client-side applications as empty shells that get populated with data and where the source of that data can be anything: an object in your javascript code, an HTTP request, a JSON file, … Making sure this data flows correctly through your application is one hell of...
SDKs I like using SDKs when I’m creating prototypes. It’s super easy to get started. You copy and paste some code samples, fill in the minimal configuration needed and there you have it: your first response from the service you’re checking out. In a world where most...
Last week, Elasticsearch organised their first conference dedicated to the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana). Two days filled with sessions about search, going from in-depth Elasticsearch sessions to use-cases by users. Elasticsearch becomes Elastic Elasticsearch was also the name for the company behind the three ELK products. During the keynote...
I have already covered how you can easily integrate Elasticsearch with your app, but I haven’t talked anything about how you can query your data. I won’t cover the basics of querying or filtering here, instead I will cover a cool feature called aggregations, it’s a way...
Yo! There’s a revamped version (2022) of this article about integrating Elasticsearch with your Laravel app. Searching is an important part of many applications, and it is most of the time treated as a simple task. “Just query using LIKE and you’re good to go”. Well, while the...