TouchDB is a lightweight CouchDB-compatible database engine suitable for embedding into mobile apps. Think of it this way: If CouchDB is MySQL, then TouchDB is SQLite.

In this article, you will learn how to use Bogart and CouchDB to create a minimal blogging engine.

What's needed is a harmonious environment which shares code between the browser and server, without 'breaking the web'. Search engines and other users should still have access to key content, even if we accept a less featureful experience. This is the problem Kanso was designed to solve, by implementing CouchDB's design doc API in the browser.