Wolves, Cats, and Dogs...and The Google Cloud Platform on Web Rush #204

Katerina Skroumpelou joins us to talk about her experiences using the Google Cloud platform to build apps quickly and easily, including how it handles data, authentication, hosting, and more!

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const podcast = { 
  episode: 204,
  title: 'Wolves, Cats, and Dogs...and The Google Cloud Platform',
  topics: [ 
    'cloud', 'functions', 'authentication'
  ],
  guest: 'Katerina Skroumpelou'
  hosts: [
    'Craig Shoemaker', 'John Papa'
  ]
};

Recording date: 9/15/2022

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Katerina Skroumpelou on Twitter https://twitter.com/psybercity

Brought to you by

• AG Grid

• IdeaBlade

Resources:

• Katerina Skroumpelou’s website
• Google Maps with Katerina Skroumpelou
• Firebase with Katerina Skroumpelou
• Nx and Lerna
• Angular docs
• Web Sockets API
• Heroku
• Push Notifications API
• Web Push Notifications
• Firebase
• Firebase projects vs apps
• Firestore data
• Google Cloud Functions
• Google Cloud Functions for Firebase
• Google Cloud Platform Console
• Firebase authentication
• Firebase pricing
• Foster Kitten Mama
• Outpost Wolf commercial
• Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center
• CavaPoo dogs

Timejumps

• 00:49 Topic introduction
• 02:03 Guest introduction
• 05:57 What drew you to Google Cloud?
• 07:45 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 08:46 What was the app you created for a friend?
• 10:37 How did you do authentication and hosting?
• 17:14 How quickly is data updated?
• 23:48 What pain goes away because you can use functions?
• 25:33 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
• 26:32 How does Firebase handle authentication?
• 28:44 How do you deploy your project?
• 36:32 Final thoughts

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