Hi all,
There's a larger effort to rethink/rewrite the CouchDB Website--which is
greatly needed, so super fabulous that we're endeavoring to do that. :)
Before we get there (or as we walk that road), there's some low hanging
fruit that I think we can and should pick first. I'd like to start at
the top, and work my way down a section at a time.
The first line on the website (ignoring navigation) reads this way
currently:
Apache CouchDB^(TM) is a database
that uses JSON for documents,
JavaScript for MapReduce queries,
and regular HTTP for an API
However, that's incorrect (JavaScript isn't used for querying) and has
confused many people--including some analysts and tech bloggers in the
wake of the Cloudant/IBM announcement.
So, to correct this and make that section tighter, I'd like to propose
the following:
Apache CouchDB^(TM) is a database
that uses JSON for documents,
JavaScript for MapReduce indexes
and regular HTTP for its API
Screenshot of this new text in place is here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ld6im36ql74jbo9/Screen%20Shot%202014-02-26%20at%2011.22.21%20AM.png
Short: http://bit.ly/1mBwAmj
It's a small iteration (by design), but hopefully clears up the common
confusion around indexing vs. querying.
Thoughts welcome.
Thanks!
Benjamin
