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Posted to user@couchdb.apache.org by Jens Alfke <je...@mooseyard.com> on 2009/02/22 02:02:18 UTC
Info on design-doc fields: actions, lists, shows ?
I've been trying to figure out CouchApp, but it looks like much of the
way it works is due to underlying functionality in CouchDB's design
documents, things that I can't find any documentation of anywhere. Is
there anything that describes what these fields of the design doc do?
.actions
.lists
.shows
Thanks!
—Jens
Re: Info on design-doc fields: actions, lists, shows ?
Posted by Chris Anderson <jc...@apache.org>.
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Jens Alfke <je...@mooseyard.com> wrote:
>
> On Feb 21, 2009, at 5:25 PM, Chris Anderson wrote:
>
>> I think a wiki page is in order... I'll see what I can do.
>
> I'm good at writin' and such; once I understand anything about CouchDB I
> hope to relay some of that to the wiki.
>
I added a page here. It's clear but not very fleshed out. Please feel
free to add more.
http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Formatting_with_Show_and_List
Cheers,
Chris
--
Chris Anderson
http://jchris.mfdz.com
Re: Info on design-doc fields: actions, lists, shows ?
Posted by Jens Alfke <je...@mooseyard.com>.
On Feb 21, 2009, at 5:25 PM, Chris Anderson wrote:
> You're making me want to push out the next Rough Cut for the CouchDB
> book, without polishing it.
I'd be overjoyed. Even if it were rife with misspellings and sentence
fragments. Really! The current draft breaks off just as things get
really exciting...
> Aside from that, the best place to look is the Futon TestSuite.
> Checkout share/www/script/test/list_views.js and show_documents.js for
> example usage.
Will do; thanks for the quick reply.
> I think a wiki page is in order... I'll see what I can do.
I'm good at writin' and such; once I understand anything about CouchDB
I hope to relay some of that to the wiki.
—Jens
Re: Info on design-doc fields: actions, lists, shows ?
Posted by Chris Anderson <jc...@apache.org>.
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Jens Alfke <je...@mooseyard.com> wrote:
> I've been trying to figure out CouchApp, but it looks like much of the way
> it works is due to underlying functionality in CouchDB's design documents,
> things that I can't find any documentation of anywhere. Is there anything
> that describes what these fields of the design doc do?
> .actions
> .lists
> .shows
>
> Thanks!
>
Jens,
You're making me want to push out the next Rough Cut for the CouchDB
book, without polishing it. I've been working on documentation there.
Aside from that, the best place to look is the Futon TestSuite.
Checkout share/www/script/test/list_views.js and show_documents.js for
example usage.
I think a wiki page is in order... I'll see what I can do.
Chris
--
Chris Anderson
http://jchris.mfdz.com
Re: Info on design-doc fields: actions, lists, shows ?
Posted by Chris Anderson <jc...@apache.org>.
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Patrick Aljord <pa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 9:33 PM, Chris Anderson <jc...@apache.org> wrote:
>> I should mention that actions is vestigial. It's leftover in some
>> example code from the initial work that ended up creating the
>> _external module, but nothing in CouchDB supports it currently.
>> Actions were basically show and list minus the rigorous cacheability
>> and side-effect free requirements.
>>
>
> Does this mean actions are deprecated?
>
Actions were never really part of trunk. For a while they were part of
the test suite for external. They are pretty easy to implement using
external, but you're generally better off using list and show.
Chris
--
Chris Anderson
http://jchris.mfdz.com
Re: Info on design-doc fields: actions, lists, shows ?
Posted by Patrick Aljord <pa...@gmail.com>.
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 9:33 PM, Chris Anderson <jc...@apache.org> wrote:
> I should mention that actions is vestigial. It's leftover in some
> example code from the initial work that ended up creating the
> _external module, but nothing in CouchDB supports it currently.
> Actions were basically show and list minus the rigorous cacheability
> and side-effect free requirements.
>
Does this mean actions are deprecated?
Re: Info on design-doc fields: actions, lists, shows ?
Posted by Chris Anderson <jc...@apache.org>.
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Jens Alfke <je...@mooseyard.com> wrote:
> Is there anything
> that describes what these fields of the design doc do?
> .actions
I should mention that actions is vestigial. It's leftover in some
example code from the initial work that ended up creating the
_external module, but nothing in CouchDB supports it currently.
Actions were basically show and list minus the rigorous cacheability
and side-effect free requirements.
Chris
--
Chris Anderson
http://jchris.mfdz.com