Firebasing for the modern age
Firebase is a platform that helps Android, iOS and web developers to succeed with their products. It does this by providing tools to acquire and engage users and develop and monetize your app.
Firebase has several features that help developers have a seamless experience. It is divided into three main categories with specific goals:
It helps to build better apps by simplifying complex coding processes.
It improves app quality by helping developers catch issues early and fix them quickly.
It helps developers grow their app by understanding how other people are using it, and engaging with them in a meaningful way.
Some of Firebase's Tools include:
Firebase Auth
Firebase Auth is a tool that helps the security of apps by protecting user's data. It is an authentication UI that give a seamless experience to users when logging into apps. Firebase Auth works with third party identity providers like Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo and others, in addition to Google's identity services.
Cloud Firestore
Cloud Firestore is a database tool that allows developers to group data using document collection structures. It provides a backend data storage solution without having to go through the tedious process of setting up your own database server, authentication schema, REST endpoints e.t.c. Cloud Firestore also automatically scales with your apps by adding machines to your project as it becomes more popular.
Cloud Storage
Cloud Storage is a tool to store and serve user-generated content, such as images or audio files, directly in your mobile app.
Cloud Functions
Cloud Functions are single-purpose JavaScript functions that are executed in a secure Node.js environment within Firebase projects. They are powerful tools that help developers handle complex logical operations from within Firebase, such as performing operations on Firebase database, or interacting with various other Google or external services.
Firebase Hosting
Firebase Hosting is a static web provider that is fast, secure, and reliable. Firebase Hosting is easy to use, with the ability to deploy a web page with a single command from Firebase’s CLI. An example of a page I hosted on Firebase is My Javascript Clock.
ML Kit
ML Kit is a tool that allows developers without machine learning expertise to add complex features to their apps by providing pre-trained models for common use-cases. It helps mobile developers to enhance their user's experience by applying machine learning models. ML Kit can also be used to host and serve already trained custom models.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics helps developers grow their apps. It allows developers to measure up to 500 different predefined or custom event types with up to 25 user properties per event, and Google Analytics will also automatically capture over 15 events, including when a user uninstalls the app. Information about demographics, retention, engagement and revenue. a. The best part of this is that all of analytics is free with unlimited use, so you only need to focus on how you can improve your apps.
Firebase Dynamic Links
In order to provide a more unified and consistent experience, Firebase released Dynamic Links, which are deep links that work the way most would expect on Android, iOS and even desktop browsers. While they can take users to an appropriate place in an app or website, they can also change their behavior based on whether or not the user has an app installed. If the appropriate app is not installed, users can be sent to a website or mobile app store to install the app before being taken to the appropriate place in the app.
Firebase Cloud Messaging
Firebase Cloud Messages helps to send push notifications. These can be sent to Android, iOS and Web devices, and may be addressed to individual devices, groups of devices or subscribed topics.
Conclusion
Firebase enhances user experience as well as developer activities. To continue with Firebase, please check the official documentation here