Benoit, that is FUCKING cool. Seriously cool shit. Did you write that?? On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Benoit Chesneau <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Benoit Chesneau <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Eli Stevens (Gmail) > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:25 PM, Ryan Ramage <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> 1) We have to decide on the directory structure. Based on what benoit > >>> and dale have brought up. I have opinions, along with others. Lets not > >>> rattle sabres around this yet. But pick something relatively user > >>> friendly, and straightforward. This can be actioned in our weekly irc. > >> > >> Would it make sense to have the directory structure be something that > >> isn't couchapp specific, and instead dump/load *entire databases* > >> to/from disk? I could see that actually making it a simpler tool, > >> since there would be a natural tendency to resist a bunch of > >> special-case handling for corner cases, ease of use, etc. Instead, > >> you'd end up with a directory full of: > >> > >> my_doc_id.json > >> my_doc_id.attachments/my_bin_file.dat > >> my_doc_id.attachments/my_image_file.jpg > >> etc. > >> > >> Then the various couchapp tools could focus on various workflows to > >> make creating the simple structure and calling the default DB load > >> tool. > >> > >> I'm not a couchapp user, so feel free to discard this idea if it > >> doesn't make sense or if it doesn't gain any traction. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Eli > > > > The current structure isn't couchapp specific. In fact you can > > clone/push a doc using erica or couchapp (py the original). > > > > The structure reflect JSON properties on a doc, eg.: > > > > folder/item -> {"folder": {"item": "value"}} > > some.json will be addeded as {"some": contentofsomejson} > > _attachments/ will contains all attachements. > > > > Specific to ddoc : > > > > views/vname/{map,reduce}.js > > shows/ > > lists/ > > > > and even that is just the result of the structure above. The original > > idea is to allow anyone to create a couch app using the editor he > > want. That why you have plugin in eclipse, standalone editor on top of > > it it's really easy. Somehow it also follow the plan9 idea of having > > everything on the fs. > > > > Also as a side note the couchapp fs schema is widely deployed around. > > Even pubished a doc about it [1] > > > > > > - benoit > > > > [1] > http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/tutorials/os-couchapp/index.html > > Just wanted to add that it also allows some things like this: > > https://vimeo.com/30398347 > > - benoît > -- NS
