Serving json documents directly from couchdb

I'm wondering if serving documents from couchDB directly is an actual typical real world scenario, or if most people use it inside se开发者_开发技巧rver code (as with traditional databases) and then serve from there ?

I find couchDB pretty interesting but wonder how to integrate the database access with normal web scenarios.. there isn't so much experience and literature out on that yet seemingly.

(Yes, I know that I have to use a proxy anyway, I'm just curious how it is typically integrated).

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The CouchDB book "CouchDB the definitive guide" goes in detail into this. There is also CouchApp which is a framework to create web-apps using nothing else than a Couchdb server.

But I do not know if someone uses it in production (with someone I mean : a Big Gun, that it has crossed over the early adopters chasm).

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CouchApp provides some convenient tools for serving web apps directly from CouchDB. If your needs fit in the CouchApp model, it's very convenient and quite enjoyable.