Re: A new Garden

[Michiel de Jong]

Awesome! Forwarding to the unhosted web apps list too. Full thread here:

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/couchdb-user/201209.mbox/browser

On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Ryan Ramage <ryan....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey relaxers, you may remember the original garden that jchris did.
> Well, I have taken that idea and run with it.
>
> Checkout http://garden20.com
>
> The idea is really to provide an open platform for both developers and
> end users, all firmly rooted in couchdb.
>
> For users, it could not be simpler to install an app anywhere. With a
> few steps a user could be running your app in the cloud with no
> installation headaches.
> They will be able to choose downloads for most platforms, as well as
> the option of a private couch provided by IrisCouch. It is all
> hopefully very frictionless.
>
> For developers it solves many distribution problems. Its very easy to
> make new apps using the existing couch tool-chains. You can even
> retrofit existing couchapps
> quickly an put them in the market. Also, the garden provides a very
> good way to push and manage updates. Another wall hit by developers is
> the private data scenario.
> You could even have them install the app, work with private data
> locally (or in a private cloud) and setup a sync back to a central
> place.
>
> I hope the community will pitch in and create or retrofit some amazing
> apps. Here are some ideas:
>
> - Apps that make it easy to quickly get a public site going. Forum
> apps, issue trackers, etc
> - Collaboration apps that will work together.
> - Personal apps that can sync to a private hosted space, and between a
> users devices.
>
> Thanks, and please provide me with any feedback, ideas, bugs or whatever!
>
> Ryan