Releases

• PouchDB 6.0.6 is out. Check out the release notes for details.

Major Discussions

CouchDB Next (see thread)

Jan Lehnardt lays out the direction of moving CouchDB forward with specific requests on areas like API, storage, query, etc.

CouchDB 2.0 as Snap (see thread)

Michael Hall suggests making the new version of CouchDB available as a Snap package for users of Ubuntu.

Releases in the CouchDB Universe

• chill 0.3.0 (Rust) – Client-side CouchDB library
• cloudant 2.1.1 (Python) – Cloudant / CouchDB Client Library
• couchdb-promises 1.1.0 – ES6 promises-based CouchDB client
• seneca-couch2-store 0.2.0 – Seneca data store plugin for CouchDB version 2

PouchDB

• pouchdb-react-native 6.1.16 – PouchDB Bundle for ReactNative
• redux-pouchdb 0.1.1 – Sync store state to PouchDB

Opinions and other News in the CouchDB Universe

• [VIDEO] What developers can expect from Apache CouchDB 2.0, IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub
• [POST] Use curl to create a CouchDB admin user, Rob Allen
• [POST] Object Storage Cloudant Backup, Christian Compton

… and in the PouchDB Universe

• [SLIDES] Drupal in the Dark – Offline-ready Decoupled Drupal 8 Using React, Erin Marchak

CouchDB Use Cases, Questions and Answers

Stack Overflow:

• What’s the recommended way to add gzip support to CouchDB?
• Easiest way to export a MySQL database to CouchDB?
• Cloudant couchdb changes api and geospatial indexes

no public answer yet:

• Enumerate CouchDB _changes longpoll connections/feeds
• Reaching across two layers of a CouchDB document hierarchy

PouchDB Use Cases, Questions and Answers

Use Case:

• Offline-First React + PouchDB Linklet Todo MVC Example App

Stack Overflow:

• PouchDB delete data on device without affecting remote sync

no public answer yet:

• PouchDB filtering replication based on logic
• How to submit more than one thing at a time with my CouchDB/PouchDB offline first app
• Polymer: Using app-indexeddb-mirror with app-pouchdb-document

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

• October 10-12, Berlin, Germany: JavaScript Days 2016 – The Ultimate JavaScript Event
• October 22, Madrid, Spain: Polymer Day: Offline-First apps with Polymer and PouchDB 
• November 16-18, Seville, Spain: ApacheCon Europe
• November 28-29, 2016, Munich, Germany: JS Kongress Munich

Job opportunities for people with CouchDB skills

• Senior Software Engineer – Applications, Chicago (IL), US
• Passionate Developer with Personality for Full-Time Telecommute Position, Arnold (MD), US/Remote
• Software Engineer, Austin (TX), US
• Full Stack Java Architect, Denver (CO), US
• Front End Developer, Triangle (NC), US
• Full Stack Java Architect, Addison (TX), US
• Senior Java Architect, Addison (TX), US
• DevOps Engineer, Novi (MI) US
• Software Design Engineer III, Washington, D.C. (US)
• Modern Server Developer, Gainesville (FL), US
• Author Data Science Videos at Lynda, Carpinteria (CA), US/Remote
• Principal Software Engineer, Singapore

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