Firebase Essential Training

Learn how to use Firebase to build and scale high-performing mobile and web apps with minimal time and effort.

Introduction

• Firebase: Stop reinventing the wheel
• What you should know
• Installing software and other setup
• Exercise files
• What to expect from this course

1. Introduction and Basic Setup

• What is Firebase exactly?
• Gather requirements
• Set up a Firebase account
• Hook up an app to Firebase
• Install Firebase CLI tools
• Example app walk-through

2. Authentication

• What is Firebase Auth?
• Set up the sign-in methods
• Important Firebase Auth functions
• Avoid vendor lock-in
• Create a sign-in wrapper function
• Create other auth wrapper functions
• Add private routes
• Sign in and sign out
• Authentication pricing

3. Firestore

• What is Firestore?
• Firestore query basics
• Set up a Firestore database
• Firestore security rules
• Populate Firestore with development data
• Add user wrapper functions
• Add review wrapper functions
• Add restaurant wrapper functions
• Add reservation wrapper functions
• Add Firestore to a project
• Implement edit profile functionality
• Load available times
• Firestore pricing

4. Cloud Functions

• What are Cloud Functions?
• Add Cloud Functions to a project
• Write Cloud Functions in ES6+ syntax
• Build an email verification flow
• Modify Firestore security rules
• Create temporary users
• Verify temporary users
• Send emails with nodemailer
• Send emails from Cloud Functions
• Verify users with Cloud Functions
• Demonstrate the verification flow
• Cloud Functions pricing

5. More Cloud Functions

• Control access with Cloud Functions
• Set up to run functions locally
• Run Cloud Functions
• The Make a Reservation function, part 1
• The Make a Reservation function, part 2
• The Submit Review function
• The Cancel Reservation function
• The Get Recommendations function
• The Search Restaurants function

6. Authentication Cloud Functions

• Auth-flow enhancements
• Enabling OAuth in Firebase
• Creating new users from Oauth, part 1
• Creating new users from Oauth, part 2
• Resetting passwords

7. Cloud Storage

• What is cloud storage?
• Adding cloud storage to a project
• Uploading profile pictures
• Uploading review photos
• Cloud storage pricing

8. Hosting

• What is Firebase Hosting?
• Deploying to Firebase Hosting
• Hosting pricing
• Firebase users and permissions

Conclusion

• Next steps