Re: Starting work on Indexed DB v2 spec - feedback wanted

In my mind, promisifying the IndexedDB API would be the highest value thing
to end users.

After using a very early version of localForage (
https://github.com/mozilla/localForage), I started toying with a lower
level, promise-based, API wrapper with my EasyIndexedDB library. Here's
some example usage:
https://github.com/ebryn/EasyIndexedDB/blob/master/test/basics_test.js#L42

I'd be happy to help provide continual feedback from a framework developer
(Ember.js) & end users perspective.

- Erik


On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Joshua Bell <jsbell@google.com> wrote:

> At the April 2014 WebApps WG F2F [1] there was general agreement that
> moving forward with an Indexed Database "v2" spec was a good idea. Ali
> Alabbas (Microsoft) has volunteered to co-edit the spec with me.
> Maintaining compatibility is the highest priority; this will not break the
> existing API.
>
> We've been tracking additional features for quite some time now, both on
> the wiki [2] and bug tracker [3]. Several are very straightforward
> (continuePrimaryKey, batch gets, binary keys, ...) and have already been
> implemented in some user agents, and it will be helpful to document these.
> Others proposals (URLs, Promises, full text search, ...) are much more
> complex and will require additional implementation feedback; we plan to add
> features to the v2 spec based on implementer acceptance.
>
> This is an informal call for feedback to implementers on what is missing
> from v1:
>
> * What features and functionality do you see as important to include?
> * How would you prioritize the features?
>
> If there's anything you think is missing from the wiki [2], or want to
> comment on the importance of a particular feature, please call it out -
> replying here is great. This will help implementers decide what work to
> prioritize, which will drive the spec work. We'd also like to keep the v2
> cycle shorter than the v1 cycle was, so timely feedback is appreciated -
> there's always room for a "v3".
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/2014/04/10-webapps-minutes.html
> [2] http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/wiki/IndexedDatabaseFeatures
> [3]
> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&component=Indexed%20Database%20API&list_id=34841&product=WebAppsWG&query_format=advanced&resolution=LATER
>
> PS: Big thanks to Zhiqiang Zhang for his Indexed DB implementation report,
> also presented at the F2F.
>