So much news! That's great! Thanks Katharina, all looks good for me. -- ,,,^..^,,,
On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 1:07 AM, Katharina Jockenhöfer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > hereby I send you the draft of the Weekly News to be published tomorrow > morning (9-9.30 am CET) and would invite you, whoever is up for a quick (late > night or early morning) lectorate. It’s late and my eyes don’t see no typos > :). Hope you like the summary! –Cheers, Katharina > > > CouchDB Weekly Meeting (see summary > <http://wilderness.apache.org/archives/couchdb-meeting-13_05_2015-3255.html>) > > CouchDB 2.0 status: work is making progress. Help > <https://github.com/apache/couchdb/pull/302> with a Windows version is much > appreciated. Also, the _config endpoint for cluster interface still needs to > be figured out. Potentially using a database for config values. Discussion > <http://couchdb.markmail.org/search/?q=Configuration+in+CouchDB+2.0#query:Configuration%20in%20CouchDB%202.0%20order%3Adate-backward+page:2+mid:zo7dzfkvf6ifauy3+state:results> > (summary below) continues on on dev@. > Fauxton: Can detect if running on a backdoor port now. The current workflow > is risking users to trigger a compaction in the whole cluster. 2.0 needs to > tackle this issue in the docs. Also, the conversion of the front page from > backbone.js to react.js got merged in! > Marketing: Get in touch with companies/organisations that use CouchDB to > promote authentic user voices e.g. on YouTube or as testimonials or > authorised quotes. > Meeting time: The IRC meeting shall be held an hour earlier – 18:00 UTC. > Other business: Redesign of the ‘contribute’-section > <http://robertkowalski.github.io/couchdb-www/> on the CouchDB website > progresses (summary of discussion below). > Major Discussions > > COUCHDB ARTICLES PILLS AND TUTORIALS IDEAS (ONGOING, SEE THREAD > <http://couchdb.markmail.org/search/?q=CouchDB+Articles+Pills+and+Tutorials+Ideas+order%3Adate-backward#query:CouchDB%20Articles%20Pills%20and%20Tutorials%20Ideas%20order%3Adate-backward+page:6+mid:zaty7v63giukyykh+state:results>) > & HOW DO COUCHAPPS FIT INTO THE COUCHDB STORY? (ONGOING, SEE THREAD > <http://couchdb.markmail.org/search/?q=How+do+CouchApps+fit+into+the+CouchDB+story%3F+%28Was%3A+CouchDB+Articles+Pills+and+Tutorials+Ideas%29+order%3Adate-backward#query:How%20do%20CouchApps%20fit%20into%20the%20CouchDB%20story%3F%20(Was%3A%20CouchDB%20Articles%20Pills%20and%20Tutorials%20Ideas)%20order%3Adate-backward+page:5+mid:no3jfksdxjcgxz4d+state:results>) > > The discussion on Marketing-ML around the future of CouchApps and its place > with CouchDB continued and subdivided into multiple threads, while the main > points of discussion remained: > > how to fix the identity of CouchApps (design, naming etc.) > within context of the CouchDB story of “Data where you need it.” > and the CouchDB core features > The common goal of this discussion is agreed on to be finding a way to > strengthen the overall CouchDB story for its greater good and to find a > reasonable way to further handle the functionalities of what are CouchApps > today, so that they no longer lead to confusion in the perception of what > CouchDB is about. Especially renaming (or potentially take the name “Couch” > from CouchApps) is being discussed as a crucial step to mark a clear > distinction, e.g. in the follow-up thread. > > TWO NAMES: COUCHDB & COUCH APP SERVER (SEE THREAD > <http://couchdb.markmail.org/search/?q=Two+names%3A+CouchDB+%26+Couch+App+Server#query:Two%20names%3A%20CouchDB%20%26%20Couch%20App%20Server%20order%3Adate-backward+page:1+mid:5nqgtdluklgngjiv+state:results>) > > A user suggested to “focus on marketing two concepts named ‘CouchDB’ and > ‘Couch App Server’.” as “a middle ground between the two extremes of ‘R.I.P. > CouchApps’ and ‘CouchApps are CouchDB's greatest feature!’” > > THE FUTURE OF COUCHAPP (ONGOING, SEE THREAD > <http://couchdb.markmail.org/search/?q=the+future+of+couchapp#query:the%20future%20of%20couchapp%20order%3Adate-backward+page:5+mid:kp2bthyeqh4dlqjg+state:results>) > > Another follow-up thread on the User- and Marketing-ML. Some users describe > their personal story of getting to know CouchDB and what they have learned > about the role and use of CouchApps. Discussion will continue on the > Marketing-ML. > > CONFIGURATION IN COUCHDB 2.0 (ONGOING, SEE THREAD > <http://couchdb.markmail.org/search/?q=Configuration+in+CouchDB+2.0#query:Configuration%20in%20CouchDB%202.0%20order%3Adate-backward+page:2+mid:zo7dzfkvf6ifauy3+state:results>) > > In the Fauxton team that is using CouchDB 2.0, it has been discussed to > remove the config tap or how to achieve a better way to make configuration > work on cluster-wide interfaces and prevent the unwitting use of config on > backdoor ports. Config changes and other solutions are being discussed for > 2.0. > > COUCHDB WEBSITE: CONTRIBUTING REDESIGN / TEXT HELP (SEE THREAD > <http://couchdb.markmail.org/search/?q=CouchDB+website%3A+contributing+redesign+%2F+text+help#query:CouchDB%20website%3A%20contributing%20redesign%20%2F%20text%20help%20order%3Adate-backward+page:2+mid:dgvjpwnxie6pji5j+state:results>) > > It was proposed to introduce a clear overview, visually presented as cards, > of the various subprojects and what is required to be able to contribute on > them. Some contributors teamed up to compose crisp onboarding text > <https://gist.github.com/nolanlawson/09cab7798aed9ec9044c> for this overview, > to help address the right users for the respective projects. > > Releases in the CouchDB Universe > > couchdb-view-tester 2.0.0 <https://www.npmjs.com/package/couchdb-view-tester> > – Your friendly helper to quickly iterate on CouchDB views > couchdb-ddoc-test 1.0.0 <https://www.npmjs.com/package/couchdb-ddoc-test> – > CouchDB Design Doc Testing Tool > couchdb-fixture 0.1.1 <https://www.npmjs.com/package/couchdb-fixture/> – > Initialize a CouchDB database with fixtures meant for use with mocha > couch-promised 1.0.1 <https://www.npmjs.com/package/couch-promised> – A > promise-based wrapper around CouchDB. CouchPromised does not aim to be a > full- featured CouchDB client and instead aims to provide a minimal set of > methods for some of the most common interactions > couchdb-purge 1.0.2 <https://www.npmjs.com/package/couchdb-purge> – Purge > CouchDB documents > fauxton 1.0.2 <https://www.npmjs.com/package/fauxton> – Fauxton is a modular > CouchDB dashboard and Futon replacement > hapi-auth-couchdb-cookie 3.0.0 > <https://www.npmjs.com/package/hapi-auth-couchdb-cookie> – CouchDB Cookie > authentication plugin > Opinions and other News in the CouchDB Universe > > Documentation: CouchDB Best Practices by eHealthAfrica.org > <http://docs.ehealthafrica.org/couchdb-best-practices/> > Article: Why Developer Experience Matters by @Cloudant @CloudExpo > <http://www.sys-con.com/node/3331565> – “In his session at 16th Cloud Expo, > Bradley Holt, Developer Advocate for IBM Cloudant, will outline his views on > the three key components of a great developer experience: self-service, > composability and hackability.” > PouchDB support for React Native is coming along nicely. Storage works using > AsyncStorage via asyncstorage-down > <https://github.com/nolanlawson/pouchdb-async-storage>; the only remaining > blocker is XHR bugs <https://github.com/pouchdb/pouchdb/issues/3787>. > Big fix <https://github.com/pouchdb/pouchdb/issues/3699> for a memory leak in > retry replication came in for PouchDB. > PouchDB does Chaos Monkey-style testing > <https://github.com/pouchdb/pouchdb/pull/3767>. > Embrace the extensive list of PouchDB plugins > <http://pouchdb.com/external.html>. > CouchTec SoftApps <http://www.couchtec.com/#/> provide business valued > Any-Device-Apps based on CouchDB-/CouchApps-/Design Document Technology > without need of extra tools except deployment > Use Cases, Questions and Answers > > Use Cases: > > Talk: Eugenio Marletti from Clue App – “Holy Sync: A sane approach to > offline-first cross-platform data syncing” > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp1h3cd8dsg> on base of CouchDB, with the > example of the mobile period tracker Clue <http://www.helloclue.com/>. “The > logo is a lazy person - so it looks like a perfect fit” :D (Droidcon > Turino/April 10, 2015) > Talk: Daniel Zen on 4-way/Offline Data Binding in AngularJS > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3lRwIRvqfk> (ng Vegas Conf/May 8, 2015) > Blog Post: Configuring CouchDB on Azure > <https://rgonv.wordpress.com/2015/05/08/development-post-configuring-couchdb-o/> > Blog Post: Connecting to Couchbase with PouchDB, from BlackBerry DevBlog > <http://connecting%20to%20couchbase%20with%20pouchdb%20%28on%20the%20official%20blackberry%20dev%20blog%21%29%20http//devblog.blackberry.com/2015/05/connecting-to-couchbase-with-pouchdb/> > Spawning multiple CouchDB actions at-once with Transactions or Trigger Chains > <https://www.smileupps.com/couch-triggerjob-couchdb-transactions> > Concurrent CouchDB Triggers > <https://www.smileupps.com/couch-triggerjob-concurrent-triggers> > Stack Overflow: > > Reading multiple attributes in CouchDB with Java > <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30202885/reading-multiple-atributes-couchdb-with-java> > CORS error in PouchDB with CORS enabled in CouchDB > <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30161843/cors-error-in-pouchdb-with-cors-enabled-in-couchdb> > CouchDB sort result array by date if date is stored in an array of integers? > <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30131303/couchdb-sort-result-array-by-date-if-date-is-stored-in-an-array-of-integers> > How to use Javascript to get data from CouchDB in case of a map view? > <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30136104/how-to-using-javascript-to-get-data-from-couchdb> > How to do cookie authentication on CouchDB with AngularJS > <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30148611/how-do-cookie-authentication-on-couchdb-with-angularjs> > no public answer yet: > > Stack Overflow: > > CouchDB basic authentiation using stdhttpclient > <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30109154/couchdb-basic-authentiation-using-stdhttpclient> > Couchdb-python: How can I call functions in map_reduce function? > <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30116838/couchdb-python-how-can-i-call-functions-in-map-reduce-function> > CouchDB: Permission of databases moved from remote machines > <http://couchdb%20:%20permission%20of%20databases%20moved%20from%20remote%20machines/> > For more new questions and answers about CouchDB, see these search results > <http://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=newest&q=couchdb%20%29%20?>. > > Get involved! > > If you want to get into working on CouchDB: > > We have an infinite number of open contributor positions on CouchDB. Submit a > pull request <https://github.com/apache/couchdb/pulls> and join the project! > CouchDB has a new wiki. Help us move content > <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/COUCHDB/Apache+CouchDB+Wiki> > from the old to the new one! > Can you help with Web Design, Development or UX for our Admin Console? No > Erlang skills required! – Get in touch with us > <http://couchdb.apache.org/#contribute>. > Do you want to help moving the CouchDB docs translation forward? We'd love to > have you in our L10n team! See our current status and languages we'd like to > provide CouchDB docs in on this page > <https://translate.apache.org/projects/CouchDB/>. If you'd like to help, > don't hesitate to contact the L10n mailing list on [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> or ping Andy Wenk (awenkhh on IRC). > We'd be happy to have you on board! > > Events > > May 14, Brisbane, Australia: Brisbane NoSQL Group > <http://www.meetup.com/BNoSQL/events/221810101/> > May 19, New York, US: SQLNYC Meetup > <http://www.meetup.com/mysqlnyc/events/221418628/> > Job opportunities for people with CouchDB skills > > Backend Web Developer JAVA (m/w) (CouchDB exp. ‘nice to have’) > <https://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/87944/backend-web-developer-java-m-w-mylivn?searchTerm=couchdb>, > Munich, Germany > Senior Systems Administrator (CouchDB exp. ‘desirable’) > <https://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/82819/senior-systems-administrator-it-to-change-the-sparx?searchTerm=couchdb>, > Exeter, UK > Time to relax! > > Web Annotation Is Already A Scale. Three takeaways from I Aonntate 2015 > <https://medium.com/meedan-updates/web-annotation-is-already-at-scale-8bb0dbfc0c9> > – “I was particularly struck by one group’s concept of a configurable > ‘filter’ that could help make sense of the many annotations across the web, > bringing value to different groups of people. It’s an exciting time to build > standards and interoperability so annotations can communicate with each > other.” > The importance of being uncomfortable. > <https://medium.com/@bougie/the-importance-of-being-uncomfortable-aec8a6933ac7> > – “We all know that it’s important to be honest with each other. It’s one of > the first things we learn as children, right up there with “share” and “play > nice.” But honesty is hard. We spend a lot of time trying not to be > uncomfortable.” > The Recompiler: An Interview with Audrey Eschright > <http://geekfeminism.org/2015/05/04/the-recompiler-an-interview-with-audrey-eschright/> > – “Audrey’s newest project is The Recompiler, a feminist hacker magazine > that will be launching in summer of 2015. Given Audrey’s successful track > record, The Recompiler promises bring something wonderful and valuable to the > lives of many technically-minded people.” > The Pipeline Isn't The Problem: Dissecting The Real Gender Bias in Tech > Positions > <http://www.fastcompany.com/3045989/strong-female-lead/the-pipeline-isnt-the-problem-dissecting-the-real-gender-bias-in-tech-pos> > – “Talented women like Seka face additional obstacles to being a woman in > tech—feeling even more insecure and unsupported for not being ‘techie’ > enough.” > … and also in the news > > “FACT: most "big data" is actually two small datas standing on each other > shoulders wearing a trenchcoat and sunglasses.” (@mhoye > <https://twitter.com/mhoye/status/595667665907261441> via twitter) > The new Muppet Show trailer > <https://www.facebook.com/TheMuppetsABC/videos/634598303337768/> > snowden – 3D mesh of Snowden's Bust "npm install..." > <https://www.npmjs.com/package/snowden> >
