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Firebase Authentication C# Library

You may have noticed in my previous post about Firebase that I completely omitted any form of authentication. For any non-trivial application, at least a basic authentication is a must. Firebase offers several ways how to authenticate your requests, some of which are…


Our extensive experience with Cloud Functions for Firebase

Just a few days ago, Google announced the beta launch of Cloud Functions for Firebase. In a nutshell, they are small pieces of JavaScript functions which are deployed to Firebase servers and executed in response to various events…


Firebase Storage C# library

After FirebaseDatabase.net to access your database and FirebaseAuthentication.net to have your requests authenticated, the time has come for another piece of the Firebase puzzle — Storage.

Firebase Storage


Advanced Tips for Firebase Cloud Functions: Bolt, Testing & CI

In the previous post I talked about our extensive experience with Firebase Cloud Functions. Today I would like to build on that, adding a few more advanced topics.

Simplify Firebase Database…


Settle Up is betting on the new Firebase

As a GDE, I have been part of early access to the new Firebase, which was publicly announced today at Google I/O. I saw a big potential in these tools and since we needed a redesign anyway, I decided to rewrite Settle Up for Android, iOS and Windows from…

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