Couldn't SQLite serve the same role? On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Santiago Gala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> El mar, 15-04-2008 a las 23:35 +0100, Ian Boston escribió: > > I don't know enough about CouchDB to say if its a good solution, but > > am I correct in thinking its another server to setup and wont run in > > the same JVM as the Shindig instance ? (Looking at the svn it see c > > code, and mention of mod_couch ... sounds like it needs apache httpd > > to run ). > > It does not. It won't run in the same JVM as Shindig,... because it is > not java. mod_couch is an erlang module. CouchDB is written in Erlang > + C (the javascript interpreter and the glue). > > > > > To make it really easy for someone to take a Shindig instance out of > > the box, the approach that Jackrabbit took might be worth following. > > They used a default DB of Derby, which didn't need any config, as it > > will run embedded. This also allowed them to make the TCK run all its > > tests inside maven without additional config. > > > > You are assuming that everybody wants to run java, which is not > something you are so free to assume, specially in this field. CouchDB is > a DB that uses json as native wire format and javascript as backend > language, which makes it have an excellent impedance with shindig as it > might serve straight from the DB. While it is a very young project, I > just mentioned its use for prototyping of the social stuff. > > > > This may all be small point, since I see that Abdera has a number of > > other ColectionAdapters including iBatis, Hibernate and even JCR. > > > > -------------- > > > > Another quick question. > > > > With the REST api being implemented, is there any point in > > implementing the Services (eg PeopleService) that exist in the > > current code base against a DB backend .... or will they be > > deprecated shortly (within 4 weeks) > > > > > > > > Ian > > > > > > > > On 15 Apr 2008, at 17:28, Jun Yang (杨骏) wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 7:30 AM, Santiago Gala > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> El mar, 15-04-2008 a las 03:59 -0700, Kevin Brown escribió: > > >>> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 2:54 AM, Ian Boston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> Is the intention with the rest based apis for opensocial in > > >>>> shindig to > > >>>> just provide the JS client libraries and leave the > > >>>> implementation of > > >> the > > >>>> server side of the api to the implementor. > > >> > > > > > > Yes. > > > > > > > > >>>> or > > >>>> > > >>>> will Shindig be implementing a rest based server component, with DB > > >>>> backend > > >> > > > > > > The first version will come with good support for relational > > > databases, as > > > is the common case. > > > > > > > > >> I wonder if using a very simple CouchDB backend could make sense. > > >> CouchDB offers a DB with native json API and javascript running in > > >> the > > >> server, so at least propotype support for initial experiments. > > >> > > > > > > Since the server is based on Abdera and Abdera already has an > > > adapter for > > > CouchDB, this should be easy. > > > > > > Jun > > > > > > It looks a great tool for this, though for a prototype python + > > >> simplejson + some dictionaries can actually be a similar very simple > > >> framework. Or s/python/<your favorite dynamic language>/ :) > > >> > > >>> > > >>> RESTful APIs are in development now, though nothing has been > > >>> committed > > >> yet. > > >>> See mail archives for discussion. I'd expect the first commit > > >>> within the > > >>> next week or two at most. The RESTful spec was just finalized > > >>> last week > > >> -- > > >>> we need a little time! :) > > >>> > > >>> Also, is there any intention to use POST on the rest URL's to do > > >>> updates > > >> to > > >>>> social data where it makes sense... sorry if this has been > > >>>> mentioned > > >>>> already. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> We'll do whatever the spec requires. > > >>> > > >> > > >> +1, ReST requires POST/PUT for non-idempotent request, and > > >> *updates* are > > >> always non-idempotent. Even if I'm not following the spec right > > >> now, I > > >> would be very surprised if the spec used GET for updates. But > > >> this, as > > >> Kevin said, belongs to the spec ground. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Santiago Gala > > >> http://memojo.com/~sgala/blog/ <http://memojo.com/%7Esgala/blog/> < > http://memojo.com/%7Esgala/blog/> > > >> > > >> > > > -- > Santiago Gala > http://memojo.com/~sgala/blog/ <http://memojo.com/%7Esgala/blog/> > > -- ~Kevin
