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[Couchdb Wiki] Update of "GettingStartedWithErlang" by BrunoPedro

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added eCouch preliminary documentation

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  ## page was renamed from Getting Started With Erlang
  ## page was renamed from GettingStartedErlang
  Getting started with Erlang and the CouchDB API.
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+ = eCouch =
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+ eCouch is an Erlang application that provides an API to a CouchDB server. Code and documentation can be obtained at:
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+   http://code.google.com/p/ecouch
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+ == Characteristics ==
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+   * Uses the [http://www.lshift.net/blog/2007/02/17/json-and-json-rpc-for-erlang rfc4627] module from [http://www.lshift.net/ LShift]
+   * eCouch design was inspired by the article [http://www.trapexit.org/Building_a_Non-blocking_TCP_server_using_OTP_principles Building a Non-blocking TCP server using OTP principles]
+   * It assumes that the [http://www.erlang.org/doc/apps/inets/index.html inets] application is running
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+ == Features ==
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+   * Follows all the OTP design principles
+   * Can run stand-alone with its own supervision tree or be included inside an existing supervision tree
+   * Guarantees synchronism between calls and their responses
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+ = erlcouch =
  
  It is quite easy to throw together a quick interface to CouchDB in Erlang using inets or ibrowse because CouchDB API is so easy. On such interface currently exists at: