Releases in the CouchDB Universe

• cdb-client 0.0.2 – CouchDB client for Node.js
• jsonobject-couchdbkit 0.8.0.2 (Python) – Python CouchDB kit
• well-groomed-feast 12.2.0 – Voicemail Application for FreeSwitch

PouchDB

• pouchdb-react-native 6.2.3 – PouchDB Bundle for ReactNative

Opinions and other News in the CouchDB Universe

• [PAPER] Development of a Middleware Layer for CouchDB NoSQL System for Providing Transactional Properties, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)
• [POST] Simple data visualization in Apache CouchDB™, Mike Broberg for IBM Watson Data Lab
• [WHITE PAPER] Understanding the Flavors of Apache CouchDB, IBM Watson and Cloud Platform
• [POST] Diff your databases with couchdiff, Glynn Bird for IBM Watson Data Lab
• [SLIDEDECK] What Is NoSQL And Benefits Of Using It For App Development? Ajeet Singh
• [POST] From Blogsphere to a Static Site (Part 4) – Comment backend, Stephan H. Wissel

CouchDB Use Cases, Questions and Answers

Stack Overflow:

• Can’t open CouchDB
• Windows could not start the Apache CouchDB service on Local Computer
• Trace on nested objects CouchDB update handler
• CouchDB Design Document Format
• LDAP v3 service on top of CouchDB or Cloudant

no public answer yet:

• What features are supported by CouchDB JavaScript engine
• CouchDB indexing while writing to db
• CouchDB issue regarding data reading from API’s
• Getting quote_from_bytes() expected bytes when updating CouchDB document

PouchDB Use Cases, Questions and Answers

Use Case:

• Replicate PouchDB over WebRTC, a hands-on demo.

Stack Overflow:

• PouchDB not syncing deletions when revs_limit is greater than 0
• PouchDB / CouchDB all_docs error
• Using PouchDB as offline client-side temporary storage for a regular RESTful webservice
• PouchDB database locking up – unable to begin transaction

no public answer yet:

• PouchDB is not defined
• PouchDB (Cloudant) with angular – not showing latest record
• PouchDB <input type=“file” multiple /> – can this work? How?
• Continuous data update via PouchDB query

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!

New Committer

• Jonathan Hall (Apache ID: flimzy, IRC nick: flimzy) has been elected as a CouchDB committer. Welcome to CouchDB, Jonathan!

Events

• May 16-18, Miami, Florida: ApacheCon and Apache Big Data
• May 18-19, North Charleston (SC), US: SyntaxCon
• May 24, Atlanta (GA), US: php[tek] 2017 – CouchDB: Scalable NoSQL for Modern Applications

Job opportunities for people with CouchDB skills

• Integration Developer, Los Angeles, (CA), US
• Web Application Developer, Brandon (FL), US
• Senior PHP Developer, Berlin, Germany
• Data Warehouse Architect & Mentor, Monrovia, Liberia
• Senior Backend Engineer with NodeJS, Atlanta (GA), US/Remote
• Senior DevOps Engineer, Los Angeles (CA), US
• Cloud Software Developer – Innovation Center, Los Angeles (CA), US

Time to relax with nature facts

• “Just when you think nature can’t get any weirder, you see a video a clam doggedly burying itself in the sand before squirting a jet of inky black water out of a rubbery little hole in its body.” – Weird video of a squirting clam proves nature needs to be stopped
• “To LeHoullier, what’s in the name of an heirloom tomato is a fascinating history of the conscientious gardeners who passed seeds through succeeding generations. He compares this to six degrees of separation: If any link in the chain had been broken, these tomatoes, cherished relics of the gardening world, would have been lost for all time.” – The epic stories behind 6 heirloom tomatoes
• “Under the microscope, ivory reveals its molecular structure: a three-dimensional collagen scaffolding filled with hydroxyl apatite minerals and water. Vollrath aimed to understand this distinct makeup well enough to improve upon the plastic-based substitutes that currently exist with a truly ‘biologically inspired’ replica. ‘We’re still struggling to understand why it’s such a tough material.’” – Appalled by the Illegal Trade in Elephant Ivory, a Biologist Decided to Make His Own
• “Lava lakes on Earth are vast cauldrons of molten rock that you should definitely not throw your trash into. But as terrifyingly impressive as terrestrial lava lakes are, they have absolutely nothing on Loki Patera. Located on Jupiter’s moon Io, this lava lake is 127 miles across and covers over 8,300 square miles—that’s larger than Lake Ontario.” – We just got an up-close look at the largest lava lake in the solar system
• “At first, explorers thought that the color came from red algae, a report from Science Alert said. Eventually, scientists figured out that the iron-rich salty water (brine) was responsible for the color. When the iron comes into contact with air, it oxidizes and transforms into red, just like rust. No one knows where the Blood Falls water came from, though.” – ‘Blood Falls’: Solving the Mystery of Antartica’s Eeriest Waterfalls

… and also in the news

• Some thoughts and musings about making things for the web
• Animals Like Beauty for Its Own Sake
• Don’t forget how the Soviet Union saved the world from Hitler
• The Tyranny of the KitchenAid Mixer
• “Rural America” doesn’t mean “white America” — here’s why that matters

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