Overview of Firebase

Firebase is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for hosting and develop mobile and web applications. With Firebase developers can move quickly and integrate with third-party software with less friction. Firebase provides an API that can packe your application into a single SDK that works cross-platform for iOS, Android, JavaScript and C++. The Firebase platform is owned by Google and to-date over 1.5 million applications has been shipped on the platform.

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