Re: Anyway I can define my javascript function that can be accessed in every design?

[James Dingwall]

> My question is ..is there any way I can define some common function 
that this can be accessed from every design doc? Thanks,
Short answer: no.

Longer answer:  Yes, I manage my design docs using couchapp and symlink 
common code between design documents in to views/lib/commoncode.js which 
can then be require()d in the view function.  i.e. something like:

views/lib/commoncode.js:

function api() {
  var _afunc = function(a1, a2) {
    ...
  };

  var _api = {
    afunc: _afunc
  };

  return(_api);
}

exports.cc = api();

// views/lib/commoncode.js

My view map.js:

function(doc) {
  var cc = require('views/lib/commoncode').cc;

  if(cc.afunc(doc, 'banana') === true) {
     emit(doc._id);
  }
}

Notes:
 - you cannot require() in the reduce function but there is an open bug 
for that feature.
 - shared code for views *must* be kept under the views key in the 
design document. The content of the views key is hashed to determine if 
view indexes need to be rebuilt after a design document update.  There 
is no problem with other design doc operations doing a require() of code 
from views/lib (show/list/update etc).

Regards,
James