From the course: React: Cloud-Powered Apps with Firebase
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Cloud Functions setup
From the course: React: Cloud-Powered Apps with Firebase
Cloud Functions setup
- [Instructor] Now we turn to probably one of the most exciting parts of this course, Firebase Cloud Functions. Cloud Functions for Firebase allows you to run back in code that automatically responds to event such as when data is created or deleted images are uploaded, or when there's a new user. Cloud Functions can also respond to HTTPS requests, allowing you to easily build a server-less API. As stated the code is stored in the cloud and runs and managed environment. In addition there's no need to manage and scale your own servers. Even better these functions can be written in JavaScript or TypeScript, so you'll feel right at home. Let's get started, switching to the command prompt in your project directory. You'll want to ensure that you have the Firebase CLI installed globally via NPM, NPM installed -G Firebase-tools. Often bug fixes and new features are available only with the latest version of the Firebase tools.…
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