Overview

CLI toolkit

SDKs

Initialization

Auth

Anonymous account

Firestore

Collection

Document

Query

Create and update data

Firestore Security rules

Storage

Object: reference and metadata

List objects

Download an object

Upload an object

Upload task (advanced)

Setting the bucket CORS header

Cloud Functions

Define Callable functions

Invoke a Callable functions

HTTP endpoint (REST-API)

Functions on Auth events

on Firestore events - functions

Environment variables

Debug Functions locally

Deployment

Timestamp and dates

Cron

GenKit

.prompt Prompt file

Typescript Prompt file

Firebase

# Overview

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Firebase allows to create a backend managed by Google.

### overall benefits

-   good developer experience
-   it may scale with virtually no limit
-   extensive free-tier and affordable rates
-   good documentation and supported by AI models.
-   actively developed and maintained.

