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From: Jens Alfke <jens@couchbase.com>
To: "user@couchdb.apache.org" <user@couchdb.apache.org>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:53:55 -0800
Subject: Re: Design docs and javascript function unreadable...?
Thread-Topic: Design docs and javascript function unreadable...?
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On Dec 19, 2012, at 5:32 PM, Scott Weber <scotty2541@sbcglobal.net<mailto:s=
cotty2541@sbcglobal.net>> wrote:

I cannot see how manually creating a slightly more complex function then th=
ese
examples would not be begging for mistakes when forced to de-beautify it
manually for loading in through FUTON or curl.

Then don=92t edit complex design docs using Futon or curl. Doing so is like=
 trying to edit a PNG file using a raw hex editor.

There is no way to just tell "validate_doc_update" to load a function from =
a
whatever.js file?  So the function can remain readable?

If it were in a file it wouldn=92t replicate. Part of the point of design d=
ocuments is that they replicate along with the rest of the database.

In any case, I don=92t think it=92s a good idea to complicate CouchDB=92s s=
torage model just to avoid the need to use a tool to assemble complex desig=
n documents. It=92s really quite easy to use your favorite scripting langua=
ge to encode JSON data and PUT it to a design document. Or you could use Co=
uchApp, which is kind of like that on steroids.

Alternatively, someone could improve Futon to make the contents of design d=
ocuments more easily editable. For example, the web UI in Couchbase Server =
2.0 has a quite nice map/reduce editor that even has niceties like auto-ind=
enting of the JavaScript code.

=97Jens

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