Serverless Apps with Firebase & Node.js

Hi Folks,

We have another great topic for you in our December meetup. Our presenter this time will be Rick Salmon who will show us how to build a Serverless App with Firebase and Node.js.

We will leverage the Firebase platform to quickly deploy a serverless backend for our real-time frontend app. We will start from an empty Firebase project and progressively add all the pieces we need such as:

• spinning up a Firestore document database
• enabling out-of-the-box authentication services
• deploying our Javascript app (built in Svelte) to the Firebase Hosting service
• writing & deploying serverless functions in NodeJS
• and finally taking the app for a test drive all together in real-time

If you're planning to do the interactive coding session don't forget to bring your laptop and make sure you have installed the current LTS version of Node.js.

About the presenter:
Rick Salmon is a President & Co-Founder of Vizzn Inc. Their team is building a cutting edge software product for Heavy Civil Construction companies across the continent. Rick has been developing software for over a decade. He started as a sysadmin developing small web apps and later co-founded a digital marketing firm where they developed marketing software products and recently he started Vizzn a fast-paced start-up looking to make a difference!

We are meeting at the Central Calgary Library Room 0-14.

See you soon!

P.S. If you have an idea for a meetup and want to present a talk please reach out. Here are the requirements:

• The topic has to be related to Node.js or JavaScript
• It has to be presented as an interactive coding session
• You need to be able to present it within 30-45 minutes