Building a backend for your app with Firebase

By Matt Kaufman

Elevator Pitch

Do you have an app? Want to host it on a scalable platform that automatically serves over https and has a generous free tier. Watch as in 30 minutes we go from a local app to one hosted securely on Firebase and uses the Firestore database, Firebase Authentication, and offers a RESTful API!

Description

Maintaining server infrastructure is time consuming and complex. Google’s Firebase provides a rich Platform-as-a-Service that allows you to focus on development instead of IT. In this session you’ll learn how to use Firebase Functions and Firestore to create a powerful backend for your application.