An introduction to CouchDB
Installing CouchDB
Experimenting with CouchDB’s web interface
Integrating with Rails using ActiveCouch
Integrating with Rails using RelaxDB
Getting to scaffolding using RelaxDB
Installing CouchDB from Subversion source code

Yesterday i started using the couchrest plugin, only to run into problems with the spec tests because it is built for latest latest CouchDB. So i had to install from [...]

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An introduction to CouchDB
Installing CouchDB
Experimenting with CouchDB’s web interface
Integrating with Rails using ActiveCouch
Integrating with Rails using RelaxDB
Getting to scaffolding using RelaxDB
Installing CouchDB from Subversion source code

Okay, after my brief disappointment earlier, i’ve found a way that seems to work, at least for the time being. I have taken the RelaxDB lines out of environment.rb and [...]

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An introduction to CouchDB
Installing CouchDB
Experimenting with CouchDB’s web interface
Integrating with Rails using ActiveCouch
Integrating with Rails using RelaxDB
Getting to scaffolding using RelaxDB
Installing CouchDB from Subversion source code

So today i’m going to try using the RelaxDB plugin. I am fortunate in that there is a tutorial already written, which might make it easier. However, the tutorial is [...]

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An introduction to CouchDB
Installing CouchDB
Experimenting with CouchDB’s web interface
Integrating with Rails using ActiveCouch
Integrating with Rails using RelaxDB
Getting to scaffolding using RelaxDB
Installing CouchDB from Subversion source code

A grand moment has come. It is time to attempt to get Rails talking to my CouchDB database.
I have come across four plugins that i intend to try out. ActiveCouch, [...]

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An introduction to CouchDB
Installing CouchDB
Experimenting with CouchDB’s web interface
Integrating with Rails using ActiveCouch
Integrating with Rails using RelaxDB
Getting to scaffolding using RelaxDB
Installing CouchDB from Subversion source code

Time for a little play with the CouchDB. Let’s see what this thing can do!

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An introduction to CouchDB
Installing CouchDB
Experimenting with CouchDB’s web interface
Integrating with Rails using ActiveCouch
Integrating with Rails using RelaxDB
Getting to scaffolding using RelaxDB
Installing CouchDB from Subversion source code

It occurs to me that before i can get Rails working with CouchDB it would be a good idea to actually install CouchDB! I’m going to try the download rather [...]

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I’ve had a really nice weekend: interesting and exciting, both of which are relative terms, i know!
Yesterday i made my own version of the Rails scaffold generator, featuring Low Pro to do as much as possible via AJAX. The JavaScript is completely unobtrusive, all done by Low Pro behaviours. It degrades gracefully for browsers without [...]

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An introduction to CouchDB
Installing CouchDB
Experimenting with CouchDB’s web interface
Integrating with Rails using ActiveCouch
Integrating with Rails using RelaxDB
Getting to scaffolding using RelaxDB
Installing CouchDB from Subversion source code

This afternoon i decided that what the Internet really needs right now is some information about how to connect Ruby on Rails to a CouchDB database. So i’m going to [...]

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