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Re: The First Object Database for Node: Introducing Realm Node.js

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Post by thinkloop » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 9:13 PM UTC

Is this a pure JavaScript implementation of realm, or a js wrapper around a realm process?

Re: The First Object Database for Node: Introducing Realm Node.js

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Post by brmunk » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 9:20 PM UTC

thinkloop wrote: post #11

Is this a pure JavaScript implementation of realm, or a js wrapper around a realm process?

It's the same C++ core used in the other Realm SDKs that is wrapped in JavaScript. The same API as what has been available in the ReactNative SDK for a while.

Re: The First Object Database for Node: Introducing Realm Node.js

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Post by bigfish24 » Wed, Nov 16, 2016, 9:20 PM UTC

thinkloop wrote: post #11

Is this a pure JavaScript implementation of realm, or a js wrapper around a realm process?

This is still using Realm Core: https://github.com/realm/realm-core but exposed via JavaScript API

Re: The First Object Database for Node: Introducing Realm Node.js

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Post by marknadal » Thu, Nov 17, 2016, 3:13 AM UTC

bryanlarsen wrote: post #7

Realm is very cool technology, but the lack of a browser variant is a show-stopper for us. Our clients want web, iOS and Android versions of the apps we build. We really don't want to build our own CRDT syncing, I'd love to evaluate your stuff.

Disclosure: We're a competitor. If you need browser support check out https://github.com/amark/gun , it runs on all major browsers and can be embedded into native apps and has realtime CRDT sync out of the box. Fully MIT / ZLIB / Apache 2 licensed.

Re: The First Object Database for Node: Introducing Realm Node.js

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Post by zubairq » Thu, Nov 17, 2016, 8:04 AM UTC

I'm not sure it is fair to say that Realm is the first Javascript object database. What about GunDB or PouchDB?

Re: The First Object Database for Node: Introducing Realm Node.js

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Post by zubairq » Thu, Nov 17, 2016, 8:05 AM UTC

zubairq wrote: post #15

I'm not sure it is fair to say that Realm is the first Javascript object database. What about GunDB or PouchDB?

GunDB also runs in Node by the way, AND the browser

Re: The First Object Database for Node: Introducing Realm Node.js

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Post by HodGreeley » Thu, Nov 17, 2016, 8:42 AM UTC

zubairq wrote: post #15

I'm not sure it is fair to say that Realm is the first Javascript object database. What about GunDB or PouchDB?

I think the key is "object" database. PouchDB is a NoSQL document database. It certainly predates Realm.

Re: The First Object Database for Node: Introducing Realm Node.js

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Post by HodGreeley » Thu, Nov 17, 2016, 8:53 AM UTC

bryanlarsen wrote: post #7

Realm is very cool technology, but the lack of a browser variant is a show-stopper for us. Our clients want web, iOS and Android versions of the apps we build. We really don't want to build our own CRDT syncing, I'd love to evaluate your stuff.

Check out PouchDB, too. Open-source, cross-browser, and quite mature. Works in Node as well. Syncs with Couchbase. Couchbase also has an embedded native database for Android, iOS and several other platforms that can coexist with PouchDB. https://pouchdb.com/ http://www.couchbase.com/nosql-databases/couchbase-mobile (Disclosure: I work for Couchbase.)