Getting Started with CouchDB

CouchDB is a new breed of database for the Internet, geared to meet the needs of today's dynamic web applications. With this concise introduction, you'll learn how CouchDB's simple model for storing, processing, and accessing data makes it ideal for the type of data and rapid response users now demand from your applications-and how easy CouchDB is to set up, deploy, maintain, and scale. The code-packed examples in this book will help you learn how to work with documents, populate a simple database, replicate data from one database to another, and a host of other tasks. Install CouchDB on Lin.;Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari® Books Online; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Why CouchDB?; Learning to Relax; A Different Data Model; Replication; Eventual Consistency; Data: Local, Remote, Everywhere; CouchDB Deployment and Peformance; Chapter 2. Installation; Installation on Linux; Installation on Mac OS X; Using Homebrew; Using MacPorts; Installation on Windows; Installation from Source; Configuring and Building CouchDB; Running CouchDB; Next Steps; Chapter 3. CouchDB Basics; Using Futon Table of Contents Preface Introduction Conventions Used in This Book Using Code Examples Safari® Books Online How to Contact Us Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Why CouchDB? Learning to Relax A Different Data Model Replication Eventual Consistency Data: Local, Remote, Everywhere CouchDB Deployment and Peformance Chapter 2. Installation Installation on Linux Installation on Mac OS X Using Homebrew Using MacPorts Installation on Windows Installation from Source Configuring and Building CouchDB Running CouchDB Next Steps Chapter 3. CouchDB Basics Using Futon Managing Databases and DocumentsConfiguring Replication Populating a Simple Database Creating Databases Creating Documents Updating Documents Deleting Documents Deleting Databases Common Operations HTTP Operations Errors HTTP Headers Request Headers Response Headers HTTP URL Paths JSON Documents Document Structure Document Types Structure and Consistency Chapter 4. Design Documents Creating Design Documents Shows Views View Basics Querying a View Querying on Complex Data Querying Compound Data Reduce Functions Built-in _count Built-in _sum Built-in _stats Custom reduce functionsError handling in views Temporary views Querying View Results Lists CouchDB is a new breed of database for the Internet, geared to meet the needs of today{u2019}s dynamic web applications. With this concise introduction, you{u2019}ll learn how CouchDB{u2019}s simple model for storing, processing, and accessing data makes it ideal for the type of data and rapid response users now demand from your applications{u2014}and how easy CouchDB is to set up, deploy, maintain, and scale. The code-packed examples in this book will help you learn how to work with documents, populate a simple database, replicate data from one database to another, and a host of other tasks. Install CouchDB on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, or (if you must) from the source code Interact with data through CouchDB{u2019}s RESTful API, and use standard HTTP operations, such as PUT, GET, POST, and DELETE Use Futon{u2014}CouchDB{u2019}s web-based interface{u2014} to manage databases and documents, and to configure replications Learn how to create, update, and delete documents in JSON format, and how to create and delete databases Work with design documents to get the formatting and indexing your application requires CouchDB is a new breed of database for the Internet, geared to meet the needs of today's dynamic web applications. With this concise introduction, you'll learn how CouchDB's simple model for storing, processing, and accessing data makes it ideal for the type of data and rapid response users now demand from your applications—and how easy CouchDB is to set up, deploy, maintain, and scale. The code-packed examples in this book will help you learn how to work with documents, populate a simple database, replicate data from one database to another, and a host of other tasks. Install CouchDB on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, or (if you must) from the source code Interact with data through CouchDB's RESTful API, and use standard HTTP operations, such as PUT, GET, POST, and DELETE Use Futon—CouchDB's web-based interface— to manage databases and documents, and to configure replications Learn how to create, update, and delete... COMPUTERS / Data Modeling & Design This concise guide contain everything you need to begin storing and retrieving information through CouchDB. You'll learn the basic of this document-oriented database, including its simple model for storing, processing, and accessing data.