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As a 2+ year user of Firebase, this is long overdue. I built my own cloud function infrastructure using their Java SDK and Digital Ocean and I couldn't have bui
by chuinard 10y ago
As a 2+ year user of Firebase, this is long overdue. I built my own cloud function infrastructure using their Java SDK and Digital Ocean and I couldn't have built my app (ProBooks.com) without it. It's good to see Cloud Functions moving from Alpha to Beta!
- kiliankoe 10y agoJust out of curiosity, what kind of functionality were you only able to build this way?
- inlined 10y agoPart of the primary power of cloud functions is you can extend firebase services instead of intermediating them. This lets you still take advantage of all the great features in the firebase SDKs.
- chuinard 10y agoOne feature of my app is the PDF creation of invoices and estimates. I use a Java library to make these PDFs. Developing an iOS, web, and Android app that syncs in real-time is much easier (or even possible) when your PDFs are made on the backend.
- gfosco 10y agoYeah, I remember when Parse offered these cloud functions back in 2012... It was a game-changer for "Backend-as-a-Service."
- elastic_church 10y agoWait till Google axes Firebase with no warning How many times can devs be burned, are we all masochists or just not have any memory of the last project that offered all this
- sdflkd 10y agoMasochists, no?
- elastic_church 10y agoyes, edited
- imtringued 10y agoI don't understand all the firebase and parse clones. They are not significantly better than firebase and they all entail vendor lock-in. The only real alternative is couchdb which unfortunately lacks document level read permissions (and filtered replication wastes storage) and still requires you to have an additional minimal server for the signup and passwort reset process.