Fantastic list. Thank you. On 13 Jul 2010, at 08:08, Dave Cottlehuber wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 08:52, afters <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I think your main goal here is to figure out what messages the website is >>> intended to send, and to what audiences. As for the design: form follows >>> function. > > agree. some thoughts to share on that note; > > as a newcomer to couchdb what attracted me was: > - the logo - is there another DB out there with such a cool logo? > - the videos :-) > - replication is so easy > - crash-safe design & simple model for backup/recovery > - straightforward conceptual model to work with - REST, JSON, > - futon interface makes it so quick to get started > > these made it really easy to work with - it's like having the data > directly in your hands > - simplicity of model - e.g. middleware not necessary > - curl / http access > - schema-free > - native JSON storage > - couchapp for loading both data & ddocs > > what complicated it: > - differences in the book vs trunk - examples and templates in > particular can really slow you down > - changeover to mustache.js - there are probably a few people like me > lurking who simply are unable to figure out how to make this work in > server or client side mode > - evently if you're not already a javascript person - give me 6 months > & I'll be OK but it's a steep learning curve from ground zero > - map/reduce - this takes a bit of getting used to, but when you > understand it the logic is clear - how did we ever manage this on > traditional RDBMS.. > > cheers > Dave
