What is Firebase?
Firebase
Firebase is a Backend-as-a-Service — BaaS — and next-generation app-development platform on Google Cloud Platform.
Firebase: Firebase is a Backend-as-a-Service — BaaS — and next-generation app-development platform on Google Cloud Platform. Firebase eases developers to focus on crafting fantastic user experiences. You don’t need to manage servers, write APIs. Firebase is your server, and API is your datastore, all written so generically that you can modify it to suit most of the needs. Yeah, you’ll occasionally need to use other bits of the Google Cloud for your advanced applications. Firebase can’t be everything to everyone. But it gets pretty close.
Firebase Pros & Cons
It’s not all roses.
I mean, it’s mostly roses, but watch the thorns.
Pros
Email & password, Google, Facebook, and Github authentication
Realtime data
Ready-made api
Built in security at the data node level
File storage backed by Google Cloud Storage
Static file hosting
Treat data as streams to build highly scalable applications
Don’t worry about your infrastructure!
Cons
Limited query abilities due to Firebase’s data stream model.
Traditional relational data models are not applicable to NoSQL; therefore, your SQL chops will not transfer.
No on-premise installation.
If you are looking for a quick start and easy setup and less server cost then Firebase Backend is best suited for you.
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