PgREST: Node.js in the Database, compatible with MongoLab and Firebase API

Re:PgREST: Node.js in the Database, compatible with MongoLab... by trumbitta2 on Friday November 29, 2013 @02:49PM (#6820749)

So, is this a competitor to couchbase (thinking of kanso and couchapp)?

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Re:PgREST: Node.js in the Database, compatible with MongoLab... by audreyt on Friday November 29, 2013 @03:23PM (#6820875)

Yes, we're certainly inspired by Kanso.

PgREST was originally designed for a large, in-production Postgres app (i.e. Socialtext), so we can get all the model, validation, view & trigger code in one place, getting the benefits of CouchApps while maintaining the underlying data layer.

For new projects, the main difference is likely familiarity with the toolchain (npm+Pg vs Kanso+CouchDB).

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Re:PgREST: Node.js in the Database, compatible with MongoLab... by trumbitta2 on Friday November 29, 2013 @03:52PM (#6820980)

The word I want to use for this is "refreshing".

Back in the day, I thought Couchapps and Kanso + CouchDB were great and I hoped they would lead an entire new breed of web applications.

Thank you for making it happen!

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