Why Firebase? HOW to determine whether YOU should use FIREBASE

Should you use Firebase? In this video I’ll talk about why I chose Firebase and the questions you will need to ask yourself before you dive in. I have five reasons why I think Firebase is good as well as three important considerations, one of which might make Firebase quite BAD for you!

In case you are wondering, Google has not sponsored this video. I made this review simply because I've become a fan and I wanted to share what I've learned and love.

CONTENTS
0:00 Intro
0:27 What is Firebase 
1:22 Reason 1
2:17 Reason 2
2:32 Reason 3
3:20 Reason 4
5:01 Reason 5
6:08 Consideration 1
6:43 Consideration 2
7:11 Consideration 3

One of the most distinct aspects of Firebase is Cloud Firestore. Cloud Firestore definitely weighs in as a consideration for whether or not you should adopt Firebase. For more help understanding it and how it works, I recommend the videos below.

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AngularFire – WHAT YOU MUST KNOW TO GET STARTED WITH CLOUD FIRESTORE

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My name is Ben and I am a software developer. I have iOS apps and a few web apps. If you'd like to see what I'm about or what I've done, check out the links below:

THE MASTERY BOOK (Uses Firebase) - A standards-based grade book and reporting tool

THE PERFECT BOARDGAME (Uses Firebase)- A site for matching tabletop games with your unique preferences

SOLUTIONS FOR X - My first published iOS apps

NEVER BEN BETTER (Hosted on Firebase) - My Blog

MY PATREON SITE:

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Fifine Condenser Recording Microphone (which was unplugged about halfway through this video: sorry!)

[MMConnection]

Quality critical content. Thank god I wasn’t tricked into watching another ad
Keep up the great work and I hope your company runs well !

[orleydoss]

Thanks for the overview, we are trying to launch a new app and this might work! 👍

[ronakrajrauniyar]

Hey thanks for the video, I have a question. I am building a restaurant app, and I'm stuck if I should use Laravel or firebase for the backend. The ease of use while using firebase makes it more inclined towards it. For a restaurant app do you think I should use firebase? And the second question is while I have to constantly change or update the menu or the deals page (which is a page in my app which shows the popular deals at the moment) will I have to push a update every time after it is in production or in the playstore? Or I can change the database from the admin side?

[akilmontrope]

Nice video, I usually use Nest/Express js as my Angular backends but Firebase makes things much easier

[pritulkhan]

Great talking points. Firebase is really my first NoSQL platform.. after 3 months of using this, I have learned that it's really great for prototyping things as well as leverage its authentication system.. But when you move to production, it's better to rewrite the app to connect to a relational database.