Full-Text Search Explained

Today’s applications are expected to provide powerful full-text search. But how does that work in general and how do I implement it on my site or in my application?

Actually, this is not as hard as it sounds at first. This talk covers:

• How full-text search works in general and what the differences to databases are.
• How the score or quality of a search result is calculated.
• How to implement this with Elasticsearch.

Attendees will learn how to add common search patterns to their applications without breaking a sweat.

Philipp Krenn

Philipp is part of the infrastructure team and a Developer Advocate at Elastic, spreading the love and knowledge of full-text search, analytics, and real-time data. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and meetups about all things search & analytics, databases, cloud computing, and devops. Philipp lives in Vienna where he enjoys experimenting with software, organizing meetups, and sports.