On Aug 21, 2010, at 6:04 PM, Kenneth Tyler wrote: > "It can be a bit of a challenge for the more experienced among us to help > people like you, because not only are we teaching you CouchDB, we're > teaching you how to program as well. thanks for reminding us of that." > > this is one way to think about it. if you think that the potential users of > couchdb will be more or less the set of people that might be potential users > of something like ruby on rails. > It seems to me that such an approach, while generous and helpful, will > really put a ceiling on the growth of couchdb... it has the potential to > replace things like ms access and filemaker... but only if ways are > developed that let people approach it and work with it who, while they are > skilled users, and can create complex aps, are not really "programmers". > > i think it would be possible to present couchdb in a way that would make it > accessible to this much larger group of people... but there is not much > evidence of such resources yet >
yes. I would love to see things like GUI app builders, form builders, etc. Hopefully these aren't too long in coming! Chris > ken tyler > > > On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 4:24 PM, J Chris Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Aug 21, 2010, at 12:06 PM, Noah Slater wrote: >> >>> >>> On 21 Aug 2010, at 08:47, Paul Gydos wrote: >>> >>>> Anyway happy couching y'all. I get the feeling eventually this document >>>> database platform will be more accessible and those funny words you all >>>> decided to attach to your marketing won't seem so ironic to the REST of >> us. >>> >>> Welcome, Paul. :) >>> >>> This is one of the best emails I've seen on the list all year! >> >> +1 you are exactly the person we're hoping to reach. however, since you are >> among the first to walk this path, you'll have to be a trailblazer for those >> who come later. >> >> regarding the JavaScript and REST tech jargon, you oughta see what the less >> relaxing toolkits out there sound like when they talk shop. :) >> >> thanks so much for introducing yourself to us. We'll do our best to help >> you over the stumbling blocks. It can be a bit of a challenge for the more >> experienced among us to help people like you, because not only are we >> teaching you CouchDB, we're teaching you how to program as well. thanks for >> reminding us of that. >> >> in the long run, we hope to see tools that mean you can get basic tasks >> done without programming. who knows what the long run is... Damien started >> this project in 2005 and 5 years later we are finally at 1.0, so let me >> assure you that we'll keep pushing forward and someday (hopefully sooner >> than 5 years from now) we'll have tools and documentation that can help a >> non-programmer have fun storing and retrieving the data that they care >> about. Until then, hang on to your hat! >> >> Welcome, >> >> Chris >> >>> >>> If we manage to keep you interested in the project via the mailing list, >> I'd love to see some write-ups of your experience once you're feeling more >> confident with the software. It could be really handy for other new users. >> Most of the existing documentation has been written by experienced >> developers, and I agree that it would be fantastic to address the balance a >> little bit. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> N >> >>
