Time for Firebase and Files

 By Austin Evans 


    Welcome back! This week was a busy one, this week I finished working on the JSON file that I mention last week. (If you don't remember what a JSON file is, then take a look at my last blog as a go over what it is.) I also started something new this week called Google Firebase. What is Google Firebase, well Google Firebase is a platform where developers like me are able to used to make mobile apps and web applications. My job for this week is to get Firebase up and running for the app that I and my team are making. Since the app is an exercising app, we need to be able to show the user how to do the exercises using pictures and gifs. So getting Firebase up and running is most likely one of the most important features of the app. So the impact that my effort had on this part of development is huge. As I mentioned before getting Firebase up running is one of the backbones of the app, and being able to apply it to the app is a huge step forward in the right direction. I think where most of my efforts really came out is getting Firebase into Android Studio and getting it to work. The nice thing about Firebase is that it has Cloud Storage. 

So the big question is how did I approach the Google Firebase. Since this is not my first time getting into Firebase, I had little knowledge on how to apply it to Android Studios. But, Google Firebase is very helpful to the developers with documents on how each feature works within Android Studios. Not only that but my producer mention a person where they have a better knowledge of Firebase so I was able to ask this person question and work through my problems. So between the documents and the mentioned person, I was able to get Firebase up and running. 


After reading my blog, I highly recommend you go and read my other teammate's blogs on what they did during the week. I post the links below to each other their blogs. 

Josh Miller - https://josh-scrum-of-the-earth.blogspot.com/
Kyle Messer - https://quincysqodingjourney.blogspot.com/

Quincy Williams - https://kylerepadvisor.wordpress.com/blog/





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