What is a Firebase and how it works?

How does it work? The Firebase Realtime Database lets you build rich, collaborative applications by allowing secure access to the database directly from client-side code . Data is persisted locally, and even while offline, realtime events continue to fire, giving the end user a responsive experience.

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Why is Firebase asynchronous?

Firebase APIs are sensitive to the performance of your app’s main thread . This means that any Firebase API that needs to deal with data on disk or network is implemented in an asynchronous style. The functions will return immediately , so you can call them on the main thread without worrying about performance.

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