Firebase

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…

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…

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

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…

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…