Makes realtime multiplayer stuff easy

Created by Jenny Tong / @BaconatedGeek

Agenda

• What is realtime data
• Why it's hard
• How Firebase solves it

Realtime data is

Data best served fresh

Realtime data is

Where your Muni bus is

Realtime data is

Collaborative drawing

Realtime data is

Game state

Realtime data is hard

Many problems to solve.

Firebase makes it easy

Cloud noSql database

Some JavaScript Code

var ref = new Firebase("https://gxdev.firebaseio.com/");

ref.set("Hello GXdev!");

ref.on("value", function (snapshot) {
  var data = snapshot.val();
  console.log(data);
});

Works with

Other Helpful Goodies

The End

• Slides: mimming.com/presos/firebase-in-10-minutes
• MMO Asteroids: github.com/firebase/HTML5-Asteroids
• Try Firebase: firebase.com/tutorial