My presentation on using CouchDB with Ruby on Rails for acts_as_conference 2009

1. relaxing with couchdb
will leinweber
will@bitfission.com
acts_as_conference 2009
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3. this talk: why & how
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4. what is couchdb?
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5. document database
no schema
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6. erlang
concurrent
scalable
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7. built for the web
restful
json
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8. json
{ quot;titlequot;: quot;A Brief History of Slinkiesquot;,
quot;chaptersquot;: [
{ quot;titlequot;: quot;Sorta like a springquot;,
quot;textquot;: quot;Round and metal...quot; },
{ quot;titlequot;: quot;Stairsquot;,
quot;textquot;: quot;They can go down, but not upquot; }],
quot;_idquot;: quot;4b859...quot;,
quot;_revquot;: quot;3280991488quot;
}
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9. multi version concurrency control
no locking
locking mvcc
write reads
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10. add only
never in a bad state
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11. incremental replication
eventual consistency
winning documents
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12. couchdb only apps
javascript + html
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13. multiple databases
for a single app
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14. integrate with full text search
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15. file attachment
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16. views
(not queries)
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17. stored as design documents
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18. view server
javascript (spidermonkey)
ruby and python too
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19. map
reduce (optional)
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20. goes through each document
very slow
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21. map step
emits keys value pairs
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22. persisted index
keeps track of changes
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23. keep your views fresh
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24. http benefits
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25. cacheable
load balancers
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26. easy interface
understand and implement
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27. getting started
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28. install couch from svn head
get erlang, spidermonkey, icu
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29. gem install jchris-couchrest
lightweight api wrapper
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30. db = CouchRest.database!(quot;http://localhost:5984/booksquot;)
response = db.save(:title => quot;recipesquot;) # =>
{quot;revquot;=>quot;2351730874quot;, quot;idquot;=>quot;07cb62...quot;,
quot;okquot;=>true}
doc = db.get response[quot;idquot;] # => {quot;titlequot;=>quot;recipesquot;,
quot;_idquot;=>quot;07cb62...quot;, quot;_revquot;=>quot;2351730874quot;}
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31. $ curl http://localhost:5984/books/07cb6232593b61dd022d1c05b1c7deac
{quot;_idquot;:quot;07cb6232593b61dd022d1c05b1c7deacquot;,quot;_revquot;:quot;2351730874quot;,
quot;titlequot;:quot;recipesquot;}
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32. doc[quot;titlequot;] = quot;cook bookquot;
doc.save # => true
db.get response[quot;idquot;] # => {quot;titlequot;=>quot;cook bookquot;,
quot;_idquot;=>quot;07cb623...quot;, quot;_revquot;=>quot;3767210759quot;}
doc.destroy # => true
db.get response[quot;idquot;] # => RestClient::ResourceNotFound
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34. simple view
function(doc) {
if (doc.type == quot;bookquot;) {
emit(null, doc);
}
db.view(quot;books/allquot;)
}
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35. view with keys
function(doc) {
emit(doc.type, doc);
}
db.view(quot;books/allquot; )['rows'].size # => 10
db.view(quot;all/by_typequot; )['rows'].size # => 30
db.view(quot;all/by_typequot;,
:key => quot;bookquot;)['rows'].size # => 10
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36. map reduce
// map // reduce
function(doc) { function(keys,values) {
emit(doc.type, doc); return(values.length);
}
}
db.view(quot;count/by_typequot;) # => {quot;rowsquot;=>
{quot;valuequot;=>3, quot;keyquot;=>nil}]}
db.view(quot;count/by_typequot;, :group => true) # =>
{quot;rowsquot;=>[{quot;valuequot;=>10, quot;keyquot;=>quot;articlequot;},
{quot;valuequot;=>10, quot;keyquot;=>quot;bookquot;},
{quot;valuequot;=>10, quot;keyquot;=>quot;userquot;}]}
db.view(quot;count/by_typequot;, :key => quot;bookquot;) # =>
{quot;rowsquot;=>[{quot;valuequot;=>10, quot;keyquot;=>nil}]}
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37. versioning
{
quot;titlequot;: quot;Slinkies!quot;,
quot;versionquot;: 4,
quot;master_idquot;: quot;3de0c...quot;,
quot;_idquot;: quot;af322...quot;,
quot;chaptersquot;: [...]
}
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38. versioning
// map // reduce
function(doc) { function(keys, values) {
emit( doc.master_id, var max = 0;
doc );
} for(i in values) {
if( values[i].version >
values[max].version ) {
max = i;
}
}
return(values[max]);
}
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39. view collation
{ quot;_idquot;: quot;def345quot;,
{ quot;_idquot;: quot;abc012quot;,
quot;_revquot;: quot;2387quot;,
quot;_revquot;: quot;2387quot;,
quot;typequot;: quot;commentquot;,
quot;typequot;: quot;postquot;,
quot;dataquot;: quot;...quot; }
quot;dataquot;: quot;...quot; }
{ quot;_idquot;: quot;r2d2c3quot;,
quot;_revquot;: quot;2653quot;,
quot;typequot;: quot;commentquot;,
quot;dataquot;: quot;...quot; }
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40. view collation
function(doc) {
if (doc.type == quot;postquot;) {
emit([doc._id, 0], doc);
} else if (doc.type == quot;commentquot;) {
emit([doc.post, 1], doc);
}
}
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41. CouchRest::Model
being removed from couchrest
class Book < CouchRest::Model
key_accessor :title, :text, :author
cast :author, :as => quot;Userquot;
timestamps!
end
# config/environment.rb
CouchRest::Model.default_database =
CouchRest.database!(quot;appname-#{ENV['RAILS_ENV']}quot;)
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42. others
langalex-couch_potato
active couch
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43. downsides
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44. moving target
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45. arbitrary queries are slow
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46. lack of supporting tools
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47. loss of intuition
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48. what you should do next
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49. thanks!
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