Npm Firebase

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.

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.

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 ) .