Getting started with Firebase

Basic introduction of Firebase.

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1. GETTING STARTED WITH FIREBASE Dhrumil Shah / @dhuma1981
2. The Realtime Backend for your App
3. Creating an app shouldn’t require managing complex infrastructure.
4. THE FULL STACK
5. The full stack is never really that simple
6. … and neither is the client side
7. The user doesn’t care about your backend
8. THE USER EXPECTS Speed Offline Multi-platform Simple Authentication
9. FIREBASE The Realtime Backend for your App
10. THE FIREBASE BACKEND
11. FORGET THE SERVER Firebase apps can run in client-side code only
13. CLOUD DATABASE NoSQL data-store Returns JSON from a RESTful API
15. REALTIME DATA Whenever data is updated in Firebase, it sends the update down to every listening client
17. OFFLINE
18. INTERMITTENT OFFLINE What happens when you go through a tunnel? Firebase clients store a local cache of your data. When the user goes offline, the app still works as expected with the local cache.
19. ENTENDED OFFLINE What happens when you go on a flight? On mobile, Firebase persists data to a local store. The app will continue to work even across app restarts.
20. ONE LINE OF CODE Firebase.getDefaultConfig().setPersistenceEnabled(true);
22. Firebase supports several forms of authentication Email & Password Google Twitter Facebook Github Anonymous … and even custom backends
23. WELL DOCUMENTED
24. FIREBASE META-DATA 224,603 registered developers 1M concurrent users on Firebase sites Joined Google October, 2014
25. FOCUS ON YOUR APP The user doesn’t care about the backend What matters is that your app is fast and enjoyable
26. ASK ME QUESTIONS Dhrumil Shah / @dhuma1981 Android Developer / @9Series Solutions Pvt. Ltd Co-organizer / @GDG Ahmedabad http://www.dhuma1981.in