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Firebase

Firebase

An app development platform backed by Google

4.9•206 reviews•

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An app development platform backed by Google

4.9•206 reviews•

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An app development platform that helps you build and grow apps and games users love. Backed by Google and trusted by millions of businesses around the world.
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Pros
authentication (27)
scalable backend (26)
real-time database (19)
easy setup (15)
analytics (10)
fast performance (10)
cloud storage (5)
Firestore (5)
free tier (4)
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complex documentation (2)
complex setup (2)
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Cloud Firestore, by Firebase

Cloud Firestore, by Firebase

Store, sync and query app data at global scale
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Store and sync data between users and devices - at global scale - using a cloud-hosted, noSQL database. Cloud Firestore gives you live synchronization and offline support along with efficient data queries. Its integration with other Firebase products enables you to build truly serverless apps.

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Alex Dufetel
Alex Dufetel
Firebase

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Hey Hunters, I’m Alex, PM of Cloud Firestore. Today the Firebase team and I are excited to launch Cloud Firestore, a fully-managed NoSQL document database. We built Cloud Firestore to make app development easier by handling many of the hard problems of storing app data for you, like scaling servers, delivering data with low latency, and handling offline usage. Here are some of the key features of Cloud Firestore: - Documents and collections with powerful querying - iOS, Android, and Web SDKs with offline data access - Real-time data synchronization - Automatic, multi-region data replication with strong consistency - Node, Python, Go, Java server SDKs Before Firebase, I spent 5 years building and a growing a startup in the collaboration space, using many Firebase products. We loved how the Realtime Database allowed us to quickly iterate - and we often wished it came with simpler scaling, advanced querying capabilities and more intuitive data structuring. This is what Cloud Firestore is all about. If you're using the Firebase Realtime Database today or if you're building apps, we think you'll love it, and we can’t wait to see what you build with it! Learn more about the announcement here: https://goo.gl/m3pmWG
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8yr ago
Jaynti Kanani
Jaynti Kanani
@alexdufetel Thanks! Good work. Kudos to the whole team. So I can ditch realtime database for Firestore as it provides better way to structure data and better way to query them?
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8yr ago
Clément Wehrung
Clément Wehrung
@alexdufetel Congrats! Super exciting. Having spent years using and playing with Firebase real-time database, this really feels like the next gen Firebase addressing the limitations that prevented me from using Firebase for virtually anything. Much more advanced querying and super scalability combined with hopefully more region / replication options is great. Any compatibility layer to migrate quickly?
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8yr ago
Alex Dufetel
Alex Dufetel
Firebase

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@_jdkanani Thanks! If you're hitting querying constraints with the Realtime Database, then you should certainly give Cloud Firestore a spin. One way to get your feet wet is simply to use Cloud Firestore for some new functionality you're building - you don't necessarily need to migrate - though you're welcome to do so if it really makes sense for you. In general, we'll be recommending Cloud Firestore for most new apps. That being said, Cloud Firestore is not a drop in replacement for the Realtime Database. Both products will now live alongside in Firebase and we're continuing the development of both products. In some edge cases, the Realtime Database will still be the best option. You can read a more in-depth comparison between the two databases here : https://firebase.googleblog.com/... Keep me posted when you've tried Cloud Firestore out, would love to hear your feedback.
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8yr ago
Jaynti Kanani
Jaynti Kanani
@alexdufetel Thanks. Will definitely give it a spin and let you know.
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8yr ago
Alex Dufetel
Alex Dufetel
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Maker
@cwehrung Thanks! There won't be any off the shelf migration tool. Given the difference in data models, there's really no one size fits all solution that we could build. I'd say your best shot to migrate quickly is to use functions to replicate data - but I think the best option is to start using both together and if you really want to migrate do it progressively.
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8yr ago
Spenser
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Lil' Trump

Lil' Trump

(Huge firebase fan) If I'm understanding this right it seems like this is just the firebase db product renamed? What new features have been added, if any?
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8yr ago
Michael Bleigh
Michael Bleigh
Pictle

Pictle

@spenser not at all, they're actually quite different! We have a blog post that helps explain the differences: https://firebase.googleblog.com/...
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8yr ago
Dan Driscoll
Dan Driscoll
reQwip

reQwip

We used Cloud Firestore to create a skunkworks project called HomeAway Local, and the experience was fantastic -- kudos to James T, Alex D and Andrew L and the rest of the Firebase crew!

Pros:

Whatever the size of your project (small hackathon idea or massive company), Firebase's Cloud Firestore is great for fast iterations, scale

Cons:

Our alpha experience was actually great, we had fantastic customer service support from the Firebase team, no complaints

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Using Firebase has been a fantastic experience! The real-time database and easy authentication make it incredibly straightforward to build and scale applications. I appreciate the detailed documentation, which helped me get up to speed quickly. Plus, the integration with other Google services is a major bonus. It allows me to focus on creating rather than managing servers. If you’re looking to streamline your development process, I highly recommend giving Firebase a try!
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Yuto Sakyo
Yuto Sakyo
used Firebase to buildADAY 3ADAY
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Smooth progress from design to development.
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Adam Wilkie
Adam Wilkie
used Firebase to buildDomainerlyDomainerly
(29 points)
Strong infrastructure and ease of use, Ive always gravitated towards using Firebase in my apps to handle db or auth.
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