Firebase is a Backend-as-a-Service — BaaS — that started as a YC11 startup and grew up into a next-generation app-development platform on Google Cloud Platform. … Firebase frees developers to focus crafting fantastic user experiences. You don’t need to manage servers .
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You should really start going though the documentation a bit more fully . Firebase is not a local server. They host the server and provide the services. You make the front end UI to connect their server.1 Tem 2018
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