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1. Why CouchDB? > Learning to Relax
Learning to Relax
Perhaps most importantly, we will look at why the mantra when using CouchDB is relax, and why this message is printed out when you start the CouchDB database. CouchDB was built with web developers in mind, and anybody that was worked on the Web should be familiar with how it works. But CouchDB is also easy to understand even for non-web developers.
Relaxing with CouchDB falls into three main areas:
- Interface
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Allowing database developers to develop their solutions without getting in the way with complex processes and interfaces was a key part of the design goal for CouchDB. Requiring drivers, interfaces, and complex protocols is counter to that process. CouchDB is therefore accessible through a simple HTTP-based REST API, and that makes it very simple and easy to use. We’ll look at the basic mechanics of this interface later in this book.
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