Firebase is a mobile and web application development platform that was acquired by Google in 2014. It's well-known for its Backend as a Service (BaaS) feature, sometimes known as Database as a Service (DBaaS), due to its Realtime Database, an API that synchronizes data across the web, iOS, and Android devices. In this section, we will add a new project to the Firebase console and connect the Realtime Database to our application using AngularFire.
To set up Firebase, follow these steps:
- First, go to the Firebase console (https://console.firebase.google.com) and click on Add project.
- Give the project a Project name, click Continue, and select Not at the moment for Google Analytics, and click on Continue:
- Next, we'll create a Realtime Database and import some data that we will use for our application.
- Click on Database from the navigation...