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Firebase: Martin Galajda, Lenka Janečková

Firebase is a cloud-hosted database that allows data to be stored and synced across client apps in realtime. It provides a backend-as-a-service that eliminates the need to manage backend servers or databases. Firebase supports mobile, web, and desktop development and provides features like authentication, hosting, notifications, and analytics. Data is stored in JSON format and synced through a single WebSocket connection to every connected client app.

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Firebase: Martin Galajda, Lenka Janečková

Firebase is a cloud-hosted database that allows data to be stored and synced across client apps in realtime. It provides a backend-as-a-service that eliminates the need to manage backend servers or databases. Firebase supports mobile, web, and desktop development and provides features like authentication, hosting, notifications, and analytics. Data is stored in JSON format and synced through a single WebSocket connection to every connected client app.

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Firebase

Martin Galajda, Lenka Janečková


Introduction

 Cloud-hosted database
 Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS)
 Started as a YC11 startup, acquired by Google in 2014
 Data stored in JSON and synchronized to every connected
client
 Supports iOS, Android, C++, Web apps, REST API, Unity, ...
 Used by Shazam, Skyscanner, Booking.com, Viber, ...
Introduction
 Other features Firebase supports:
 Storage
 Hosting
 Authentication
 Notifications
 Cloud functions
 Cloud messaging
 Analytics
 Remote config
 Crash reporting
How does it work?

 The clients connect directly to the database in the cloud and don’t
have to go through the application’s server
 No need to worry about the backend server, database, real-time
component (socket.io) or writing REST API
 App is connected to Firebase through WebSockets
 The app just sends data to Firebase and it handles saving and
syncing across all connected devices / sites
 All data is synced through the single WebSocket connection
Writing data offline

 Every client connected to a Firebase database maintains its own


internal version of any active data
 Data is written to this local version first
 The Firebase client synchronizes that data on a "best-effort" basis.
 All writes to the database trigger local events immediately, before
any data is written to the server
 Once connectivity is reestablished, the app receives the set of
events so that the client syncs with the current server state
Authentication

 Built in email/password authentication system


 Supports OAuth2 for Google, Facebook, Twitter and GitHub
 Integrates directly into Firebase database – can be used to
control access to data
Firebase Database Rules

 Determine who has:


 read and write access to the database
 how data is structured
 what indexes exist
 These rules live on the Firebase servers and are enforced
automatically at all times
 Every read and write request will only be completed if
the rules allow it.
 By default only authenticated users can read/write data
Firebase Database Rules

 .read
 if and when data is allowed to be read by users

 .write
 if and when data is allowed to be written

 .validate
 what a correctly formatted value will look like, whether it has child
attributes, and the data type

 .indexOn
 specifies a child to index to support ordering and querying
Firebase Database Rules Example

 Built-in variables and functions that allow you


to refer to other paths, server-side
timestamps, authentication information, …
Database indexes
 Indexes are specified using the .indexOn rule
 Example index declaration that would index the
height and length fields for a list of dinosaurs:
Structuring the database

 You need to plan for how data is going to be saved and


later retrieved to make that process as easy as possible
 Data is stored as JSON objects
 When you add data to the JSON tree, it becomes a
node in the existing JSON structure with an associated
key
 You can provide your own keys, such as user IDs or
semantic names, or they can be provided for you using
push()
Scaling database - sharding and data
replication

 does not provide data replication by default


 sharding can be achieved by creating multiple firebase
instances (projects)
 e.g. firebase instance for each aggregate entity
Structuring the database - validation
 Rules are made up of
Javascript-like expressions
contained in a JSON document
Basic usage
Initializing the Realtime Database
Write operation

 Method set() saves data to a specified reference, replacing any


existing data at that path, including any child nodes
Read operation
 The value event is fired every time data is changed at the specified
reference, including changes to child nodes
 The event callback is passed a snapshot containing all data at that
location which existed at the time of the event
Update operation
 update() method called on a reference to the location of data
 Enables simultaneous updates to multiple locations in the JSON tree
with a single call
 Simultaneous updates made this way are atomic: either all updates
succeed or all updates fail
Read data once

 snapshot of your data without listening for changes


 once() method - it triggers once and then does not trigger again.

Delete operation

 remove() method called on a reference to the location of the data


Promise
 When the data is committed to the database, set() and update()
operations can return Promise
 A Promise represents an eventual (asynchronous) value
 When it gets resolved, .then() callback function will be called
 if it gets rejected, .catch() callback will be called

Detach listeners

 Method off() on a database reference


Transaction operation

 When working with data that could be corrupted by


concurrent modifications
 transaction() method takes an update function and an
optional completion callback.
 The update function takes the current state of the data
as an argument and returns the new desired state
 If the transaction is rejected, the server returns the
current value to the client, which runs the transaction
again with the updated value.
 This repeats until the transaction is accepted or aborted.
Firebase CLI
 provides a variety of tools for managing, viewing, and deploying to
Firebase projects
 npm install –g firebase-tools
 Provides a globally available firebase command available from any
terminal window
 firebase login
 connects your local machine to your Firebase account and grants
access to your projects
 firebase list
 lists of all of your Firebase projects
 firebase init
 steps you through setting up your project directory, including asking
which Firebase features you want to use
Firebase CLI
 firebase serve
 Starts a local web server with Firebase Hosting configuration
 firebase deploy
 creates new releases for all deployable resources in your project directory
 A project directory must have a firebase.json

 firebase database:get | database:set | database:update |


database:push | database:remove
 Database commands
Profiling the database
 Supports a database profiler tool, built into the Firebase CLI
 Logs all the activity in the database over a given period of time, then
generates a detailed report
 firebase database:profile
 Starts profiling the database
 The profiler tool aggregates the data about the database's operations and
displays the results in three primary categories:
 Speed - response time for each operation
 Bandwidth - how much data is consumed across incoming and outgoing
operations
 Unindexed queries
DEMO
https://shrouded-ridge-84643.herokuapp.com/
More resources about Firebase

 Official Firebase page:


 https://firebase.google.com/
 Official Firebase Realtime Database page:
 https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/
Thanks for your attention.
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