August: Mobile Backend using Google Firebase

Most modern Mobile Apps today need a solid backend infrastructure and code to support the mobile application. Seasoned mobile developers know that backend code, infrastructure and setup can sometimes take up more than 50% of the application development/implementation cycle.

Google unveiled “The New Firebase” on May 18th 2016 at the Google I/O conference in California, as a unified platform offering the key essentials of a modern Mobile Back End.

In this talk you will get a good overview of what Firebase is and how it can help speed your mobile app development. We’ll also take a deep dive into some of the Firebase components, the opportunities it provides, the strengths, weaknesses and briefly look at some similar alternatives.

We'll build together a prototype app that utilizes/show cases some of these features. So don’t forget to bring your mac if you have one. You can also follow along with the live demo as we build.

About the Speaker:
Kemgadi Nwachukwu is a Mobile Applications Architect. He currently leads the mobile Dev team for a Houston based Aviation firm. He was the Lead Technical Developer of Connect2Car.com App and Gtrol.com, and has worked as a Mobile Developer Lead for various companies such as Sony Music, AOL’s Mobile Division, AIG VALIC and Rockwell Collins. He loves tuning cars on his free time and also building renewable energy power systems (Solar/wind power systems) in Africa.