Securing your data structure with Security Rules - The Firebase Database For SQL Developers #8

Welcome to the eighth video in the Firebase Database for SQL Developers series!

The Firebase Database is schemaless, but that doesn't mean you can't protect your data structure. Instead of schemas, the Firebase Database uses a declarative server side rules language called Security Rules. This video shows you have you can use Security Rules to protect your data structure and create foreign key like constructs.

[neungVir]

I just finished learning all of your series. Help me a lot thinking about designing database.

[ChristianGenco]

I loved this series! Very helpful for wrapping my head around the firebase way to do things.

The biggest black box for me on Firebase right now is server side code. I'd love to see a series on best practices for setting up server queues and jobs (and scaling to multiple workers). Particularly, I'd love to see integration with an API where the API key must remain secret (like sending texts through twilio).

[Jjjjjjjjjjjj]

#AskFirebase I would love to see series for server side code. I think this is very important point for any application.

[StoianAtanasov]

Please tell us what is Firebase good for. You show how to do SQL stuff with Firebase so you must think it can be used for projects that would use SQL otherwise. When is that true? Should I do an ERP system with Firebase to take advantage of the real-time features etc. ?
Thanks for the great series. Do more, much more :)

[lucienguimaraes]

This video was really awesome. For me some parts of the documentation is confusing (specifically the wildcard part), but with your video everything is now clear.

Thank you and big up to all the Firebase Team :)

[Monotoba]

I know it's been quite some time since you did this series. However, I'd love to see more. Specifically, I'd love for you to tell us how to do inserts statements. I'd also love to see you screen-cast the process of setting up a firebase project, taking a SQL Schema and implementing it in firebase, in the simulator, and then building queries and rules in the simulator. Then taking it all to a simple application. Something a bit more complex than a chat app would be good. Do this with complete screenshots of the Firebase site.

I will say that what you have done is great! We just want more!....

[frgus]

Much better than reading the documentation although still complementary. Thanks!

[AdarshMadrecha]

Keep adding more tutorials like this series. There are not many quality tutorials for Firebase. #AskFirebase

[nibeditadas]

The series helped me score in my CS exam for SQL concepts 👌

[robsonjardim]

Simply the best explanation that I ever saw related to this topics. Congrats!!!

[AJ-nnxn]

Super helpful series please keep em coming!

Same as Christian I'd like best practice/examples on using and leveraging server queues. Also can you do a video on another very important topic re data security - server side encryption. For enterprise apps this can be a requirement (currently is for our in dev app), keen to understand the options on Firebase for this.

[reeehaaan]

Loved it. please post more video on server side code.

[DenisTRUFFAUT]

Great video that focuses on all important points, including foreign keys.

[haienglish]

Very clearly presented. Thanks a lot. Do you have any video on production mode and test mode? I would love to hear your explanation on this matter.

[_sr]

Very informative and fun series it has been. Now let's see if this info still applies..

[cortomaltese]

Awesome content and thanks for making such a great video. Learnt a lot from this and from multipath and will definitely going to use in my project

[lutherking]

Is it possible to impose two different rules on two different kind of user tables in firebase for instance userset "users" with one set of rules and userset"users1" with a different set of rules. And how to in firebase database rules section.

Basically how to nest/cascade separate rules for separate userset

[OnionKnight]

#AskFirebase I agree with Top Comment about wanting to see server side code, and I will add a specific: I'd like to see server side code for FCM Push Notifications in iOS (for a single device, not using console). This is an immensely obscure topic, because there aren't any good docs or videos on it. For example, the FCM docs don't explain, firstly, how to send a user's token to the server (because, the docs indicate, there are several ways... so, instead of explaining one, they don't explain any; they just say it's "up to you"), and secondly, what the actual structure of the server-side code would be if it was handling the sending of push notifications to single devices remotely. In this video, above, you show the structure of the JSON for the rules clearly. It would be helpful if you did the same for FCM's server side implementation. In general (and y'all may know this, because it is indicated by people's comments), it would be great of you guys to make a good (not bad, not decent---good) video series on FCM Push Notifications for iOS (implementation, sending the tokens, what the server code looks like, how to set up the server, etc).

[mehmetyldz]

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[danOH]

This was super helpful, thank you for putting it up!