Create Web Apps using Firebase with Ankit Sharma on Web Rush #168

We're joined by Ankit Sharma to talk about Firebase. What is Firebase? What kinds of applications is Firebase good for? Is Firebase easier to use than it's competitors? How does Firebase integrate with SQL databases? And where should someone go to get started with Firebase?

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const podcast = { 
  episode: 168,
  title: 'Create web apps using Firebase',
  topics: [ 
    'firebase', 'web apps', 'databases'
  ],
  guest: 'Ankit Sharma'
  hosts: [
    'John Papa', 'Ward Bell', 'Dan Wahlin', 'Craig Shoemaker'
  ]
};

Recording date: 01/13/2022

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Ankit Sharma @AnkitSharma_007

Brought to you by

• AG Grid

• Ionic

Resources:

• Ankit Sharma - blog
• Ankit Sharma - GitHub
• Ankit Sharma - LinkedIn
• Exploding Kittens
• Firebase
• Angular
• What is Backend as a Service
• Google Cloud Platform
• Svelte Realtime app with Firebase
• Build a ToDo app with React and Firebase
• Choosing an auth provider service
• Firebase authentication
• Firebase security rules
• Azure Managed Databases
• Google Analytics for Firebase
• Database Concurrency
• Atomic Habits
• Build a Full Stack Web Application Using Firebase
• Josh Duffney
• Ng-Rx Data
• Tic-tac-toe app using Angular and Firebase

Timejumps

• 04:10 Guest introduction
• 04:57 What is Firebase?
• 06:36 Sponsor: Ionic
• 07:17 Our experiences with Firebase
• 09:20 What kind of applications is Firebase good for?
• 12:39 Is Firebase easier to use than competitors?
• 16:45 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 17:48 How does Firebase integrate with SQL databases?
• 18:55 What's Firebase best used for?
• 23:38 Where should someone get started with Firebase?
• 25:35 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.