CouchDB version 2.0 was released back in August 2016, and more recently CouchDB version 2.1 was released in August of this year. If you still haven’t found the time to upgrade to either, you’re in luck.

In just 45 minutes, Tom Wilson walks you through a full introduction to CouchDB 2.0 in this video from his workshop at SyntaxCon 2017. That’s right, in less than an hours you can get a full run down on all that CouchDB 2.0 has to offer.

To learn more about CouchDB 2.0, check out the series we did late last year, covering everything from Fauxton to Mango Query, plus features like Compaction and Replication too!

Then, when you’re ready to ask questions, join us in the Apache CouchDB Slack channel. We’ll see you there!

For more about CouchDB visit couchdb.apache.org or follow us on Twitter at @couchdb. 

Releases in the CouchDB Universe

• atom-couchdb-backup 1.0.2 – CouchDB backup restore scripts
• cabify/couchdb-admin 0.1.0 – CouchDB 2 cluster admin tool
• cloudant-follow 0.14.0 – Follow: CouchDB changes and db updates notifier for Node.js
• couchable 0.4.3 (Python) – Allows arbitrary python objects to be stored in CouchDB, while keeping the resulting CouchDB document as “natural” as possible.
• couchdb-wrapper 0.4.15 – This module provides a simple wrapper class for CouchDB requests.
• couchify 0.3.0 – Use next generation JS in your CouchDB apps.
• replicate-couchdb-cluster 0.0.3 – A fault-tolerant way to replicate an entire CouchDB cluster
• well-groomed-feast 13.1.0 – Voicemail Application for FreeSwitch

PouchDB

• pouchdb-access 3.0.0 – A PouchDB plugin that provides simple access control for CouchDB databases.

Opinions and other News in the CouchDB Universe

• [REQUEST] Handing over maintainership, Dirkjan Ochtman
• [POST] Cloudant Envoy: Serverless Edition, Glynn Bird
• [POST] Reading the Open-Source Nutrition Labels, Glynn Bird
• [POST] Custom Indexers for Cloudant, Glynn Bird

… and in the PouchDB Universe

• [POST] Offline First Drum Machine, Glynn Bird

CouchDB Use Cases, Questions and Answers

Stack Overflow:

• CouchDB port mapping in yaml file for Hyperledger Fabric V1.0 network setup
• Filter CouchDB document based on value from nested child document
• How to filter a view by id field in CouchDB?
• Failed to read CouchDB schema from classpath

no public answer yet:

• Cloudant error “required index service unavailable” when trying to create text index
• Query objects with unknown selector fieldnames in Cloudant
• Is there way add new field/value in CouchDB existed document

PouchDB Use Cases, Questions and Answers

Stack Overflow:

• CouchDB / PouchDB mango query: has in array

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 6, Romania PHP: CouchDB, PouchDB and Offline-tolerant apps
• October 9-11, Berlin, Germany: React Days 2017, We are building a Progressive Web app
• October 23-27, Munich, Germany: International JavaScript Conference
• November 10-13, Grants Pass (OR), US: Offline Camp Oregon

Job opportunities for people with CouchDB skills

• Team Lead – Engineering, Chicago (IL), US
• Senior Web Back-end Developer, Minneapolis (MN), US/Remote
• Web Application Developer, Brandon (FL), US
• Software Engineer, Backend, Lausanne, Switzerland
• Senior Web Developer, Atlanta (GA), US
• Senior Web Full-Stack Developer, Minneapolis (MN), US/Remote
• Senior Backend Software Engineer, San Francisco (CA), US
• Mgr, Software Engineering – Platform Services, Menomonee Falls (WI), US
• Senior PHP Developer, Berlin, Germany
• Sr Architect – Platform Services Architect (Mobile), Menomonee Falls (WI), US
• Cloud Software Developer – Innovation Center, Los Angeles (CA), US
• Senior Java Engineer, Atlanta (GA), US
• Data Warehouse Architect & Mentor, Monrovia, Liberia
• Principal Cloud and Storage Engineer, West Chester (PA), US

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