Comments on: CouchDB in desktop applications http://philwilson.org/blog/2009/04/couchdb-in-desktop-applications a geek commodity Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:42:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Phil http://philwilson.org/blog/2009/04/couchdb-in-desktop-applications/comment-page-1#comment-1592 Phil Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:37:14 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/?p=1006#comment-1592 In all honesty, just having "Zope" in the title puts me off. ;) I know I can use StandaloneZODB but it's just so much more boring! In all honesty, just having “Zope” in the title puts me off. ;)

I know I can use StandaloneZODB but it’s just so much more boring!

]]> By: Matt Hamilton http://philwilson.org/blog/2009/04/couchdb-in-desktop-applications/comment-page-1#comment-1591 Matt Hamilton Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:28:32 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/?p=1006#comment-1591 Or as you are already in python, why not just use the ZODB? -Matt Or as you are already in python, why not just use the ZODB?

-Matt

]]> By: Phil http://philwilson.org/blog/2009/04/couchdb-in-desktop-applications/comment-page-1#comment-1589 Phil Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:11:19 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/?p=1006#comment-1589 My excellent reason for not choosing either of those is that I've never heard of them :) In fact, as I progress with some work around the edges I'm beginning to wonder whether I need anything other than the disk-based XML files I already have (although I need to refactor how I store them). A little bit of digging suggests that neither QDBM or Tokyo would suit my purposes at the moment - I must be cross-platform (at least Windows and Linux) and I must have Python bindings. No win32 for Tokyo, and no Python for QDBM! My excellent reason for not choosing either of those is that I’ve never heard of them :)

In fact, as I progress with some work around the edges I’m beginning to wonder whether I need anything other than the disk-based XML files I already have (although I need to refactor how I store them).

A little bit of digging suggests that neither QDBM or Tokyo would suit my purposes at the moment – I must be cross-platform (at least Windows and Linux) and I must have Python bindings. No win32 for Tokyo, and no Python for QDBM!

]]> By: Chris May http://philwilson.org/blog/2009/04/couchdb-in-desktop-applications/comment-page-1#comment-1588 Chris May Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:14:25 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/?p=1006#comment-1588 If you're content to use a key-value database like couchDB (i.e. you don't want/need an RDBMS), how about using one of the DBM-derivatives? QDBM, or Tokyo Cabinet, say? They're fast and lightweight, and they don't require a separate server process. QDBM is pretty mature and has APIs for most languages and packages for every unix and even Windows. Tokyo Cabinet is super-cool at the moment but doesn't have a win32 build as far as I know. If you’re content to use a key-value database like couchDB (i.e. you don’t want/need an RDBMS), how about using one of the DBM-derivatives? QDBM, or Tokyo Cabinet, say?

They’re fast and lightweight, and they don’t require a separate server process. QDBM is pretty mature and has APIs for most languages and packages for every unix and even Windows.
Tokyo Cabinet is super-cool at the moment but doesn’t have a win32 build as far as I know.

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