Presented at ServerlessConf NYC 2016. Firebase was built with one goal in mind: to help developers create extraordinary experiences. By automating time consuming but critical tasks like scaling, operations, and server management, Firebase lets you focus on your creating the best possible user experience. But how did we get to that point? See what's new, and learn the principles of server-optional web, mobile, and IoT development by exploring how Firebase was built.

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Server Optional Development
Lessons learned while building Firebase
Mike McDonald
@asciimike
Frank van Puffelen
@puf

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Firebase started as a simple idea

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Firebase grew as a platform
Realtime Database Authentication Hosting

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Firebase became a suite of products

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You must cover your *aaS
Simplicity
Freedom
Infrastructure as a Service: Compute Engine
Platform as a Service: App Engine
Backend as a Service: Firebase
Software as a Service: Apps

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Full platform integration is key
Firebase Google Cloud Platform
Simplicity, Speed Flexibility, Power

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Connecting the layers
App
+ Firebase SDK
Firebase Google Cloud
Platform

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Connecting the layers (an example)
Firebase Storage Google Cloud Functions
Data Plane Control Plane

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Connecting the layers (walkthrough)
App
+ Firebase SDK
Firebase

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DEMO TIME
https://github.com/mcdonamp/flaming-specs

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Let us know what you build!
+Mike McDonald
@asciimike
+Frank van Puffelen
@puf
@firebase, @googlecloudplatform, @googledevelopers