Google Firebase Mobile Platform

In 2014 Google bought Firebase and got a foot in the real-time database related business. Firebase provided the real-time database back-end.

Firebase database besides being real-time, is secure, cloud hosted. It  is a No-SQL database and has login service accessible via REST API with login service.

Google has built the mobile platform that includes Firebase real-time database. Presently Firebase is Google's mobile platform for developing high quality apps, grow user base and make money. The following image shows the various components to develop, grow and earn money.

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If you are interested you can start here for a free ride:
https://firebase.google.com/

This will provide you with tools and infrastructure to build better apps. As you see from the image above, Google Firebase Analytics is at the center; a free and unlimited analytics solution.

Start honing your skill here:
https://console.firebase.google.com/?pli=1

You get the 'Spark' grade account which is free. From here you have option to upgrade.

How does Firebase stack up against Azure Mobile platform? Right now we cannot compare them as Azure is multi-faceted and a highly developed  platform.

Getting the Dream Factory backend - Part 2

The Dream Factory provides RESTful services for your applications. Given a datasource, any datasource The Dream Factory generates a comprehensive, secure REST Api which will be your backend that you can use to build frontend applications. It provides for scripting and customization.

You can get started at this site here:

https://www.dreamfactory.com/adminlanding

You can develop on your own computer or if you have a Cloud Platform subscription such as Windows Azure, Google or Amazon you can develop it there.

After starting from the above link you need to register to use the platform as well as download SDKs. The following couple of screen shots shows the steps.

You first get an instance of the DreamFactory Service Platform(DSP). You can customize name or use the one provided (default)

 

Click CreateDSP. The dsp-hodentek-45946 gets created.

 

 

Click Launch in the above screen. You need activation and provide the username, password you provided earlier while interacting with the site.

 

Click Activate.

 

You may have to provide login info one more time. It takes a little while processing the credentials.

 

 Now you are in. You have to choose an Application ID and choose how you want to create the app, Native or browser based.

 

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Open Source Mobile Backend - The Dream Factory

The Dream Factory provides RESTful services for your applications. Given a datasource, any datasource The Dream Factory generates a comprehensive, secure RESTApi which will be your backend that you can use to build frontend applications. It provides for scripting and customization. You have support for all of this:

• Client SDK
• Single sign-on
• jQuery
• Angular JS
• Sencha
• iOS
• Android
• Windows Phone

You can install on any server including your humble desktop. If you can afford you can install on any of the following:

TheDreamFactory

Why wait? Test Drive today starting from here:

https://www.dreamfactory.com/adminlanding