Introduction to Firebase

An introduction and lab on getting started with Firebase.

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1. Twitter: @tpryan Introduction to Firebase Terry Ryan Developer Advocate
2. @tpryan What is Firebase? Hands on with Firebase Going further with Firebase 1 2 3 Agenda
3. @tpryan Who are you?
4. @tpryan Prereqs Introduction • Internet connection. • Browser • Ability to write HTML/JS/CSS • A text editor would help
5. Twitter: @tpryan What is Firebase?
6. @tpryan Firebase is a realtime backend as a service. Firebase is a realtime backend as a service.
7. @tpryan What is Firebase? Realtime is... where your bus is your idea your place in a game
8. @tpryan What is Firebase? Realtime is hard! Complex Transport Unreliable networks Multi Platform
9. @tpryan What is Firebase? Backend is... your data when your mobile dies your data when your browser closes
10. @tpryan you not having to run it. Service is.. What is Firebase?
11. @tpryan • Founded 2011 • Acquired by Google October 2014 • 180,000+ Developers • 1,000,000+ concurrent connections Firebase Fast Facts What is Firebase?
12. @tpryan CBS What is Firebase? • Built a realtime chat platform for reality TV series Big Brother • 50k concurrents at peak times, with over 27m chat message posted
13. @tpryan Twitch What is Firebase? Twitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers, and uses Firebase to notify users when a realtime stream goes live.
14. @tpryan InVision What is Firebase? Invision uses Firebase to power it’s live meeting features.
15. Twitter: @tpryan Hands on with Firebase Let’s see some code already
16. @tpryan Sign up at www.firebase.com
17. @tpryan bit.ly/tpryan-firebase-lab
18. Twitter: @tpryan Going further with Firebase Taking advantage of what Firebase can do.
19. @tpryan API’s • Android • JVM Java Objective-C Javascript • Browsers • Node.js Going further with Firebase • iOS • OS X
20. @tpryan Compatible with... Going further with Firebase
21. @tpryan REST API Going further with Firebase • Good for non client solutions • Embedded systems • Includes Streaming REST
22. @tpryan Authentication Schemes Going further with Firebase • Email & Password • 3rd Party Auth ◦ Google ◦ Twitter ◦ Facebook ◦ Github • Custom auth tokens
23. Twitter: @tpryan Demo Authentication in Action
24. @tpryan • Static Content • Fast CDN • Custom Domains • Command Line publishing. Hosting Going further with Firebase
25. Twitter: @tpryan Conclusions Help and what not.
26. @tpryan Make sure you need a realtime backend.
27. @tpryan • https://www.firebase.com • https://www.firebase.com/docs/ • https://www.youtube.com/firebase Helpful Links Conclusions
28. Twitter: @tpryan Thank you! Thank you! terrenceryan.com/thanks All Code in presentation is licensed under Apache: https://github.com/tpryan/SharedCode/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License.