On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Andrew Stuart (SuperCoders) <[email protected]> wrote: > It's still a little unclear to me - is couchapp a tool for developing > couchdb applications locally and automatically deploying them to a couchdb > server, or is couchapp the concept of developing applications in which there > is no middle tier between client and couchdb? Or is couchapp not two > separate concepts but both of these things combined sharing the same name?
yes historical reason, couchapp is old. The script was written before the term was coined. > > If these things are separate concepts is there any value in considering a > new name for one or the other such as "couchbuilder" and "couchapp". > This have been already discussed in the past and even recently on the couchapp ml when I asked, and the conclusion was that this change wasn't needed. I don't think it's really needed anyway, it's a little too late and not really needed. Depending on the context one mean applications embedded in couch, the other a tool :) - benoît
