What is Firebase?

This lesson will give you a brief introduction to Firebase.

We'll cover the following

Background

Firebase is essentially a Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) mobile and web application development platform developed by Firebase, Inc in 2011 and then acquired by Google in 2014. It provides users with hosted backend services such as a real-time database, cloud storage, authentication, crash reporting, remote configuration, and hosting for static files.

According to statistics, the Firebase platform now has more than 15 products, which are being used by almost 2 million apps!

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