Do you have (either already or in the works) any plans for supporting some sort of solution for in-browser databases, like either PouchDB or miniMongo?
We've been kicking around some R&D projects around this, but there are no concrete plans to get a production feature out yet.
Here is how the R&D projects have worked thus far. We implemented a RethinkDB protocol compatible server in JavaScript (which is surprisingly easy), so that a lightweight version of the server can run in the browser. If you use the JS driver in the browser with this server, all queries continue to just work.
Behind the scenes the in-browser server can sync up data with the real server, so everything can work while the browser/mobile device goes offline.
It's not too hard to build a prototype (and we've seen a few), but getting it to production involves a non-trivial effort; plus we'd have to support the feature indefinitely which would add a significant development cost.
Lots of people have asked for this, so I'd like to find a way to make it happen. @neumino has a version of this in the works right now, so we might just polish it up and release it to the community.
