Why is Firebase very Popular?
Firebase is a Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) provided by Google. In this case Firebase becomes your server, your API and your datastore as well. Firebase is mostly used and loved by app development teams — from startups to global enterprises.
The best part is that YOU don’t need to MANAGE any servers!, firebase does it for you.
What’s special about firebase?
- Real-time Database
We know that most of the databases gives you the data only when you ask for it which is somewhat boring, but Firebase sends you NEW data as soon as it’s updated in the form on Snapshots in real time, so you can save more time and get data instantly when the database is updated at firebase.
2. File Storage
Firebase Storage provides a simple way to save binary files(meaning the data of the file is stored in byte stream data) — most often images, but it could be anything. Moreover, talking about security firebase storage has its own system of security rules to product your data (well firebase is from GOOGLE, so security is not a concern).
3. Authentication
Firebase auth has a built-in email/password authentication system. It also supports OAuth2 for Google, Facebook, Twitter and GitHub.
If you have never built an authentication system then you would not know the pain, but firebase does it all for us with just a matter of simple clicks and lines of code. Firebase Auth integrates directly into Firebase Database, so you can use it to control access to your data.
4. Hosting
Firebase includes an easy-to-use hosting service for all of your static files by making your development particularly painless. It’s also very easy to re-deploy in seconds if you have any changes to be made to your web app or mobile app.
5. Machine Learning
There is no need to have deep knowledge of neural networks or model optimization to get started. Firebase ML provides convenient APIs that help you use your custom TensorFlow Lite models in your mobile apps.
