What is a firestore?

Firestore is a NoSQL document database built for automatic scaling, high performance, and ease of application development . While the Firestore interface has many of the same features as traditional databases, as a NoSQL database it differs from them in the way it describes relationships between data objects.

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What is firestore based on?

Cloud Firestore is Firebase’s database for mobile app development . It builds on the successes of the Realtime Database with a new, more intuitive data model. Cloud Firestore also features richer, faster queries and scales further than the Realtime Database.

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Should I use Firebase or REST API?

Choosing between the two comes down to your requirements. If you want your app to have a real-time database, you should go with Firebase . If you require more efficient queries during development, you should pick REST APIs. You can also combine the two by having a Firebase database attached to your REST API.

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