anant | 12 years ago | on: AngularFire - A real-time backend for AngularJS from Firebase
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anant | 12 years ago | on: AngularFire - A real-time backend for AngularJS from Firebase
That looks really nice!
I'd note that it is possible to wrap angularFireCollection into its own service if you'd like to keep that stuff out of your controller, for example: https://gist.github.com/jaredwilli/5472340
We went with an API that is easy to get started with, but are certainly committed to making sure its also usable by complex apps.
anant | 12 years ago | on: Firebase Leaves Beta Today
It's possible, but you'll have to structure your data slightly differently. There's a blog post detailing one possible approach: https://www.firebase.com/blog/2013-04-12-denormalizing-is-no...
We're working hard in regards to adding more powerful query support to Firebase though and would love your feedback so we can improve the API (just email [email protected]).
anant | 12 years ago | on: How do I “think in AngularJS” if I have a jQuery background?
Firebase only stores data at the moment, to store the static assets, you'll still need a service like S3, Github Pages, Site44, or Harp.IO.
anant | 12 years ago | on: How do I “think in AngularJS” if I have a jQuery background?
Would love to see your angular-firebase module (if you're willing to share it) - it would be great to integrate some of it back into the original module!
anant | 12 years ago | on: How do I “think in AngularJS” if I have a jQuery background?
anant | 12 years ago | on: We've raised a $5.6M Series A from Union Square Ventures and Flybridge
Fixed :) https://www.firebase.com/about.html
anant | 13 years ago | on: Live map of SF MUNI
Someone already made a pull request to add this. I <3 Open Source! https://github.com/firebase/firebus/pull/1
anant | 13 years ago | on: New Persona Beta: Millions of Users Ready to Log In using Any Browser
That's correct, the Simple Login service allows apps that use Firebase to integrate Persona authentication: https://www.firebase.com/docs/security/simple-login-persona....
This means the data you store in Firebase can be associated with a Persona user, and you can structure your security rules to enforce whatever read/write behavior makes sense for your app.
anant | 13 years ago | on: Firebase bindings for AngularJS
Firebase has a flexible authentication system coupled with security rules: https://www.firebase.com/docs/security-quickstart.html. You can generate your own JWTs (if you have a server or a custom auth backend) or use Simple Login, a service that lets you authenticate against Facebook, Twitter, Github and Persona without requiring you to run any server code. You just authenticate as you would normally in a regular Firebase app, AngularFire will simply inherit the authenticated session.
anant | 13 years ago | on: Firebase bindings for AngularJS
While building sample apps with Firebase, binding data changes to the DOM was always the part that seemed to be "missing". We think Angular and Firebase go really well together by filling that gap, and would love to hear your feedback on how we can make the combination even better!
anant | 13 years ago | on: Hello Chrome and Firefox, meet serverless WebRTC
Nothing in particular other than I'm from India :)
When naming projects I usually look to the English thesaurus first, failing which I'll use a Hindi or Tamil word.
anant | 13 years ago | on: Hello Chrome and Firefox, meet serverless WebRTC
Peer-to-peer systems still use DNS "servers". Pure P2P WebRTC systems still need STUN "servers". In fact, one of the peers in a P2P system could also be considered a server.
"Serverless" as you define it would describe nothing in existence today. I think the way most people perceive the term is simply to mean reliance on servers that you don't have to build and run.
anant | 13 years ago | on: BackFire: Firebase bindings for Backbone.js
The bindings simply extend the Collection object and override certain methods on it (add, remove, etc.) to do the corresponding Firebase operations.
We did run into a few relatively minor issues; for example when doing a smart update to a collection, Backbone seems to trigger a remove event immediately followed by an add event for a model that hasn't changed.
We still have more work to do with the bindings (we don't have a Firebase.Model object for instance), but I don't expect any major roadblocks. All in all, piece of cake!
anant | 13 years ago | on: BackFire: Firebase bindings for Backbone.js
Thanks, AngularJS is definitely on our roadmap!
anant | 13 years ago | on: BackFire: Firebase bindings for Backbone.js
For reference, Simple Login is a convenient way to add authentication to a Firebase app using Facebook, Twitter, Persona, Github or just plain old email/password identities. More at https://www.firebase.com/docs/security/simple-login-overview...
anant | 13 years ago | on: BackFire: Firebase bindings for Backbone.js
Great question - the bindings can take a regular Firebase reference object instead of a URL as well. If you had authenticated the Firebase reference using any of the regular Firebase methods (like Simple Login), the collection will simply inherit them.
anant | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: Firefeed - A Twitter clone built with Firebase
We currently provide convenience SDKs to login with Facebook, Twitter and just a regular email/password, but the system is flexible enough to allow any authentication mechanism that can produce JWTs.
anant | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: Firefeed - A Twitter clone built with Firebase
This will happen if the Facebook SDK couldn't be loaded. Perhaps you have a script blocker running?
I've filed an issue to fix this - https://github.com/firebase/firefeed/issues/3
anant | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: Firefeed - A Twitter clone built with Firebase
Thanks, that is good feedback!
We're working on supporting multiple auth providers, but the larger question of federation is more interesting, and equally harder. We're not sure about where to take Firefeed yet, since it was built as a demo for Firebase, but that's something we'll definitely consider in the future.
I urge you to give the new version a spin, and I really look forward to your feedback!