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Easily sync data between your mobile and web apps using Firebase and Trigger.io

70 points by amirnathoo 14y ago

dataisfun 14y ago
Looks cool.
iamwil 14y ago
There's few things that are as infuriating as having to write sync code, when you have other things to take care of. Glad this is around now.
felixchan 14y ago
I've used Firebase a lot (lucky to be in the beta) for my web apps and trigger for my hackathon projects that i want to quickly push to app store. Great to finally see an in depth tutorial getting written about Trigger and Firebase working together!
aioprisan 14y ago
have they sorted out the security issues with having the sync code exposed to clients? what prevents others from accessing that information when they shouldn't?
- j-v 14y ago
  Curious about this as well.
fmitchell0 14y ago
my 'build stuff with javascript' to-do list grows even further. now...to find some time.
yesimahuman 14y ago
Nice write up. I also made a dead-simple jQuery Mobile + Firebase app and blogged about it last week, if anyone is interested: http://blog.codiqa.com/2012/06/opencount-civic-app-with-codiqa-and-firebase/ http://blog.codiqa.com/2012/06/opencount-civic-app-with-codi...
mbesto 14y ago
Curious. What are Firebase and Trigger.io help me solve that isn't already available in any other standard web framework (think LAMP)? Are they only really applicable for building real-time apps?
- dllthomas 14y ago
  My understanding, from a cursory perusal, is that this isn't serving web content to the phone's existing browser, but rather packing up your html and javascript with a (thin, one hopes) custom browser to display them, which also exposes more native functionality than does the regular browser. So you aren't writing a web app, you're writing a native app with web technologies, sort of. Someone please correct me if I'm off base.
dstroot 14y ago
Anyone have a firebase beta code? Never got an invite from 'em yet. Email dan'at'thestroots.com if you have one please!
- jamest 14y ago
  Check your inbox :)
- deleted 14y ago
  [deleted]
gench 14y ago
Is there any application built with Trigger.io? I must use a few applications built with a framework before giving it a try. I should see which UI components are out there and how they make feel.
- amirnathoo 14y ago
  Check these out for starters... lots more under development: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hojoki/id525010205?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hojoki/id525010205?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wine-box/id525182844?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wine-box/id525182844?mt=8 http://needanaccountant.org/MobileApp.aspx http://needanaccountant.org/MobileApp.aspx
taskstrike 14y ago
You can use firebase in any browser or html5 setting. You can also do the same with phonegap and firebase. I fail to see the extra value added by trigger.io here.
- felixchan 14y ago
  Trigger.io has numerous advantages over Phonegap, some of which being setup and speed.
  - taskstrike 14y ago
    Agree that trigger might be better. But in this case both runs firebase the same
carimura 14y ago
One step closer to completely serverless development. Love it.

70 points by amirnathoo 14y ago

Looks cool.

There's few things that are as infuriating as having to write sync code, when you have other things to take care of. Glad this is around now.

felixchan 14y ago

I've used Firebase a lot (lucky to be in the beta) for my web apps and trigger for my hackathon projects that i want to quickly push to app store. Great to finally see an in depth tutorial getting written about Trigger and Firebase working together!

aioprisan 14y ago

have they sorted out the security issues with having the sync code exposed to clients? what prevents others from accessing that information when they shouldn't?

j-v 14y ago
Curious about this as well.

fmitchell0 14y ago

my 'build stuff with javascript' to-do list grows even further. now...to find some time.

yesimahuman 14y ago

Nice write up. I also made a dead-simple jQuery Mobile + Firebase app and blogged about it last week, if anyone is interested: http://blog.codiqa.com/2012/06/opencount-civic-app-with-codiqa-and-firebase/ http://blog.codiqa.com/2012/06/opencount-civic-app-with-codi...

mbesto 14y ago

Curious. What are Firebase and Trigger.io help me solve that isn't already available in any other standard web framework (think LAMP)? Are they only really applicable for building real-time apps?

dllthomas 14y ago
My understanding, from a cursory perusal, is that this isn't serving web content to the phone's existing browser, but rather packing up your html and javascript with a (thin, one hopes) custom browser to display them, which also exposes more native functionality than does the regular browser. So you aren't writing a web app, you're writing a native app with web technologies, sort of. Someone please correct me if I'm off base.

dstroot 14y ago

Anyone have a firebase beta code? Never got an invite from 'em yet. Email dan'at'thestroots.com if you have one please!

jamest 14y ago
Check your inbox :)
deleted 14y ago
[deleted]

gench 14y ago

Is there any application built with Trigger.io? I must use a few applications built with a framework before giving it a try. I should see which UI components are out there and how they make feel.

amirnathoo 14y ago
Check these out for starters... lots more under development: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hojoki/id525010205?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hojoki/id525010205?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wine-box/id525182844?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wine-box/id525182844?mt=8 http://needanaccountant.org/MobileApp.aspx http://needanaccountant.org/MobileApp.aspx

taskstrike 14y ago

You can use firebase in any browser or html5 setting. You can also do the same with phonegap and firebase. I fail to see the extra value added by trigger.io here.

felixchan 14y ago
Trigger.io has numerous advantages over Phonegap, some of which being setup and speed.
- taskstrike 14y ago
  Agree that trigger might be better. But in this case both runs firebase the same

carimura 14y ago

One step closer to completely serverless development. Love it.