Hello Electron with Pouchdb

This is a demo app that integrates PouchDB with Couchbase in Electron.

It was originally forked from Nolan Lawson's repo https://github.com/nolanlawson/hello-electron-with-pouchdb

Starting with that base, I am implementing a simple todo app that can store data offline using PouchDB and sync to Couchbase server using Couchbase Sync Gateway when a connection is available.

Install and run

Check out the code:

git clone https://github.com/Pat-Ayres/hello-electron-with-pouchdb
cd hello-electron-with-pouchdb

Then npm install:

npm install

And run:

npm start

If it doesn't work, you might not have the latest version of Node/npm. Try installing the latest using nvm.

Browser vs Node

In order to get LevelDB to work properly, this app uses a postinstall script that rebuilds the LevelDB C++ dependencies for Electron.

Currently this is set for Windows environment, if you are on mac or linux update the postinstall script in the package.json to bash postinstall.sh.

If this step doesn't work for you (e.g. because you are using an older version of Node etc.), you can remove the postinstall script from package.json and just use the browser adapters (IndexedDB/WebSQL) rather than the Node.js adapter (LevelDB).

See pouchdb-electron for more installation instructions.