Serving json documents directly from couchdb

Question

Hi,

I'm wondering if serving documents from couchDB directly is an actual typical real world scenario, or if most people use it inside server code (as with traditional databases) and then serve from there ?

I find couchDB pretty interesting but wonder how to integrate the database access with normal web scenarios.. there isn't so much experience and literature out on that yet seemingly.

(Yes, I know that I have to use a proxy anyway, I'm just curious how it is typically integrated).

Answer 1

CouchApp provides some convenient tools for serving web apps directly from CouchDB. If your needs fit in the CouchApp model, it's very convenient and quite enjoyable.

Answer 2

The CouchDB book "CouchDB the definitive guide" goes in detail into this. There is also CouchApp which is a framework to create web-apps using nothing else than a Couchdb server.

But I do not know if someone uses it in production (with someone I mean : a Big Gun, that it has crossed over the early adopters chasm).