Major Discussions
Let the Preact migration begin (see thread)
It’s time to start the Preact.js migration.
[DISCUSSION] Moving CouchDB off of Facebook React (see thread)
We are no longer able to ship React in Apache CouchDB, nor have it as a build dependency, after August 31, 2017.
Releases in the CouchDB Universe
- loopback-connector-couchdb2 1.0.2 – The loopback-connector-couchdb2 module is the CouchDB 2.0 connector for the LoopBack framework that supports the advanced functionality originally found only in Cloudant but that is now available in CouchDB.
- opp-perch 0.16.2 (Python) – Open Permissions Platform Couchdb Library
- spicy-action 12.0.0 – Web proxy for CouchDB and others, plus Socket.IO relay
PouchDB
- hl7-pouchdb 1.1.0 – HL7 PouchDB Server
Opinions and other News in the CouchDB Universe
- [POST] OpenAPI Specification YAML with API Connect, Vidyasagar Machupalli
- [POST] Custom Cloudant Replication, Glynn Bird
CouchDB Use Cases, Questions and Answers
Stack Overflow:
- How can I programmatically skip the pink Ubuntu user prompt when using `apt-get`?
- How to recover CouchDB documents
- How to emit two separate documents concurrently in CouchDB?
- How can I generate a partially unique and sequential field in a CouchDB document?
- Why are there two ways to update documents?
no public answer yet:
- How can I use startkey/endkeyto get list of get list based on current time with lastCheckTimestamp
- Is it possible to split CouchDB shard?
PouchDB Use Cases, Questions and Answers
Stack Overflow:
- SQL Server and Firebase/PouchDB synchronization
- PouchDB inspector extension on chrome store gone
- Typescript PouchDB “Cannot find name ‘Content’.” errors when transpiling
- Multiple PouchDBs vs single PouchDB
no public answer yet:
- External access for PouchDB, error on sync
- PouchDB remote db replication “unauthorised” Cookie credentials ignored in Electron app
- How to use a same DB with 2 different React applications
For more new questions and answers about CouchDB, see these search results and about PouchDB, see these.
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 and join the project!
- Do you want to help us with the work on the new CouchDB website? Get in touch on our new website mailing list and join the website team! – www@couchdb.apache.org
- The CouchDB advocate marketing programme is just getting started. Join us in CouchDB’s Advocate Hub!
- CouchDB has a new wiki. Help us move content 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.
- 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. If you’d like to help, don’t hesitate to contact the L10n mailing list on l10n@couchdb.apache.org or ping Andy Wenk (awenkhh on IRC).
We’d be happy to welcome you on board!
Events
- September 10, Tel Aviv, Israel: ReactNext 2017: Dealing with Data Offline in Web Apps
- September 12, London, United Kingdom: OpenSource & Agile, Patterns for “Offline First” Application with Miguel Angel Quinones!
- October 9-11, Berlin, Germany: React Days 2017, We are building a Progressive Web app
- October 23-27, Munich, Germany: International JavaScript Conference
Job opportunities for people with CouchDB skills
- Senior Backend Software Engineer, San Francisco (CA), US
- Senior Web Back-end Developer, Minneapolis (MN), US/Remote
- Web Application Developer, Brandon (FL), US
- Senior PHP Developer, Berlin, Germany
- Senior Web Developer, Atlanta (GA), US
- Mgr, Software Engineering – Platform Services, Menomonee Falls (WI), US
- Senior Web Full-Stack Developer, Minneapolis (MN), US/Remote
- Team Lead – Engineering, Chicago (IL), US
- Sr Architect – Platform Services Architect (Mobile), Menomonee Falls (WI), US
- Developer – Standard, St. Louis (MO), US
- Senior Java Engineer, Atlanta (GA), US
- Senior Developer Backend, Surrey, BC, Canada
- Data Warehouse Architect & Mentor, Monrovia, Liberia
- Cloud Software Developer – Innovation Center, Los Angeles (CA), US
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