Getting started with Node.js and CouchDB

Node.js and CouchDB feel like they were made for each other right from the very first time I used them. With the cradle node package the integration becomes even easier.

Whilst both Node.js and CouchDB are open source with packages for most operating systems it maybe easier for you to start out using a hosted solution such as CloudNo.de (has CouchDB now) or Nodester for example. As far as the CouchDB portion goes there is only one place to go and that is IrisCouch.

With the exception of IrisCouch they are all in private beta so there might be a small wait before you get access.

I wrote the following example code before CloudNo.de supported CouchDB so it references IrisCouch, but the setup is similar.

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