Releases

Apache CouchDB 1.6.0 released

This is a feature release. Download link | Release notes

Blog Posts

• Apache CouchDB 1.6.0 released

Major Discussions

How to get the BigCouch Merge + Fauxton running for testing (see thread)

How to get the BigCouch branch and Fauxton running for testing. The detailed description can be found here. Please help us with the tests, and post any bugs you notice to dev@ Mailing List. Your help is highly appreciated.

Releases in the CouchDB Universe

• mycouch 2.2.0 – Including fixes and new features: Release Notes
• couch-push 1.1.1 – Deploy CouchDB documents from directory, JSON or module
• Dockerized CouchDB – Updated to v1.6.0
• Quilter – Open Source File Sharing with CouchDB
• CowDB – A new Erlang append-only key/value database based on the CouchDB btree
• Docker 1.0.0 – Release Notes
• orchestrate-couchdb 0.1.2 – Pipe CouchDB changes into Orchestrate.io
• couch-push – Deploy CouchDB documents from directory, JSON or module
• couch-compile 1.2.0 – Build CouchDB documents from directory, JSON or module
• couchdb2s3 1.0.0 – Export CouchDB databases to line oriented JSON files on s3
• express-user-couchdb 0.2.7 – An express app module connected to CouchDB _users table
• seq-file 1.0.2 – A module for storing the ever-increasing sequence files when following CouchDB _changes feeds
• pouchdb-validation 1.0.2 – A PouchDB plug-in that allows you to re-use your CouchDB validate_doc_update functions on the client side
• pouchdb-update 1.0.2 – A PouchDB plug-in that allows you to re-use your CouchDB update functions on the client side
• couchdb-objects 0.1.2 – Aids in the construction of JSON objects as used by CouchDB

Opinions and other News in the CouchDB Universe

• IBM, Cloudant and Apache CouchDB 2.0 (slides)
• Dockerizing a CouchDB service
• npm is getting a new look
• Broadening Node.js Contributions

Use Cases, Questions and Answers

• A simple Node.js script for monitoring and storing the RaspberryPi’s temperature in CouchDB
• How to replicate CouchDB databases into OrchestrateIO
• Stack Overflow: combine multiple documents in a CouchDB view
• Stack Overflow: CouchDB online offline synchronisation
• Stack Overflow: Autocomplete with CouchDB and Lucene
• Stack Overflow: CouchDB data replication
• Stack Overflow: Mobile app using PouchDB-CouchDB and MySQL
• Stack Overflow: CouchDB – link multiple documents [in one view]
• Stack Overflow: CouchDB cookie authentication with HTTPS

no public answer yet:

• Stack Overflow: CouchDB Elastic Search problems

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!
• Here’s a list of beginner tickets around our currently ongoing Fauxton-implementation. If you have any questions or need help, don’t hesitate to contact us in the couchdb-dev IRC room (#couchdb-dev) – Garren (garren) and Sue (deathbear) are happy to help.

We’d be happy to have you!

Events

• ApacheCon Europe will be from November 17-21 in Budapest. The Call for Papers is still open (closes on June 25).
• June 28, Hyderabad, India – Methodical Benchmarking of NoSQL Database Systems

Job opportunities for people with CouchDB skills

• Software Engineer, Backend, Lausanne, Switzerland
• Bidding platform: Developer of a Node.js script to upload documents to CouchDB
• Backend Developer, Île de France, France
• Developer, New York, USA
• Full-stack engineer (JavaScript, CouchDB), San Francisco Bay Area, USA
• Mobile/Client Libraries Developer (iOS/Android); Product Manager; Developer Advocate; all: multiple states / remote

… and also in the news

• Android no longer reveals app permission changes in automatic updates
• How I teach computers to think
• “In other non-news: the @pouchdb tests pass against @couchdb 1.6.0, first try. I say non-news because the Couch folks always do quality work.” (@nolanlawson, on Twitter)