You should use Cloud Functions for Firebase if you’re a developer building a mobile app or mobile web app . Firebase gives mobile developers access to a complete range of fully managed mobile-centric services including analytics, authentication and Realtime Database.
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You’ll need a Node. js environment to write functions , and you’ll need the Firebase CLI to deploy functions to the Cloud Functions runtime.
Read moreDoes Firebase support TypeScript?
For developers who prefer to write functions in TypeScript, Cloud Functions provides two types of support: Create and configure TypeScript projects for automatic transpilation at initialization ( firebase init functions ) .
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