Beginer questions

[Dahmen Manuel <ma...@gmail.com>]

Hello i'm new to couchDB.

I'm asking me some questions about this software.
I'd like to make a platform with messages.
There will be a central server with a couchDB database and http server 
and client applications which can receive and deliver messages 
(message==document).
The user will be notified from messages from his contacts or 
organization, even his own-fixed tasks, sheduled events that he had fix 
him or assigned to him on his agenda.
I think about a very small client app, with calendar and events, task 
lists and deadlines for tasks. Application would take place in the task 
bar as an icon with access to:
- agenda
   - event reminder
   - event creation
- e-mail received (notification from e-mail client application)
- messages received
- sending messsages to contacts
It would be an application for an organization or a group of friends or 
colleages.

About organization I was thinking about a photography club, a 
photographer could save the location and description where he put his 
new nice photo online. And other members get notified of his post (ie a 
post on Flickr or Picasa)


A new contact/agenda application based on couchDB would be something 
interesting?
That was my first idea of an application based on couchDB when i read 
the website presenting the software.


One question : can couchDB handle binary documents like pictures, music, 
and videos, or simply link to them?
Second question: If I want to make this application, what storage for 
concrete 'documents' (no couchDB Document) like pictures?
- FTP and HTTP?
- P2P but about privacy?
I 'm going to read the book about couchDB and perhaps contribute to this 
project.
-- 

Manuel Dahmen

Mobile: 0489/57.52.40

manuel.dahmen@gmail.com <ma...@gmail.com>

Re: Beginer questions

[Ronen Narkis <na...@gmail.com>]

You can store binary data using attachments
http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/HTTP_Document_API#Attachments, as for the
application I think that couch is a natural fit for such an application.

Ronen

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Dahmen Manuel <ma...@gmail.com>wrote:

>  Hello i'm new to couchDB.
>
> I'm asking me some questions about this software.
> I'd like to make a platform with messages.
> There will be a central server with a couchDB database and http server and
> client applications which can receive and deliver messages
> (message==document).
> The user will be notified from messages from his contacts or organization,
> even his own-fixed tasks, sheduled events that he had fix him or assigned to
> him on his agenda.
> I think about a very small client app, with calendar and events, task lists
> and deadlines for tasks. Application would take place in the task bar as an
> icon with access to:
> - agenda
>   - event reminder
>   - event creation
> - e-mail received (notification from e-mail client application)
> - messages received
> - sending messsages to contacts
> It would be an application for an organization or a group of friends or
> colleages.
>
> About organization I was thinking about a photography club, a photographer
> could save the location and description where he put his new nice photo
> online. And other members get notified of his post (ie a post on Flickr or
> Picasa)
>
>
> A new contact/agenda application based on couchDB would be something
> interesting?
> That was my first idea of an application based on couchDB when i read the
> website presenting the software.
>
>
> One question : can couchDB handle binary documents like pictures, music,
> and videos, or simply link to them?
> Second question: If I want to make this application, what storage for
> concrete 'documents' (no couchDB Document) like pictures?
> - FTP and HTTP?
> - P2P but about privacy?
> I 'm going to read the book about couchDB and perhaps contribute to this
> project.
> --
>
> Manuel Dahmen
>
> Mobile: 0489/57.52.40
>
> manuel.dahmen@gmail.com
>