Over the past couple of months I’ve gotten a taste of CouchDB, the couchapp framework, and a chance to explore several superb applications*. My biggest hurdle to doing anything useful with CouchDB was (and still is) totally understanding the couchapp file structure. Couchapp is a utility written in python that creates a framework for placing applications within, and extracting applications out of couchDBs. The benefit of couchapp over alternative web frameworks that utilize couchDB as a backend, is portability. The application becomes embedded and works anywhere couchDB does (servers, replicated local couchDBs, etc).
Tag: couchappspora
The builders of couchappspora
If you haven’t heard already, there’s a storm brewing on the distributed social web and it’s being lead by a few hackers in Portland. They’re building a distributed social app in response to the public interest for alternatives to centralized servers. They’ve taken the concept of Diaspora and hacked together their own vision of an interface and CouchDB back end. I spotted the git repo on Tuesday morning while waiting for my wife to get out of a minor surgery (she’s fine). There are three active contributors to the project already, and I’m anxious to find a place to chip in.