Firebase

Changelog

This package's changelog can be found here: https://www.firebase.com/docs/web/changelog.html

Overview

Firebase provides three key services that enable you to build rich, full-featured applications using just client-side code:

0. A realtime data API. Our API replaces the need for most backend databases and server code by handling the heavy lifting of data storage and synchronization.

1. User management and authentication. Our Simple Login service handles your user management and authentication needs out-of-the-box. Or, if you prefer to manage users yourself, you can maintain complete control using Custom Login.

2. Hosting. With hosting, you can deploy your static website to the internet with a single command.

All of these services are built for security, reliability, and scale, so you can deploy your applications with confidence.

Node.js & Firebase

While you can write entire Firebase applications without any backend code, many developers will still want to run their own servers. For these developers, we provide a full-featured Node.js module. This library has the same Javascript API and features as our web client.

To get started, install Firebase using npm:

npm install firebase

Now, just require the library in your application and start using your data:

var Firebase = require('firebase');
var myRootRef = new Firebase('https://myprojectname.firebaseIO-demo.com/');
myRootRef.set("hello world!");

Next Steps

If you haven't already done so, you should try our tutorial. Next, we recommend checking out our example apps or reading on in the docs.