Unlock the Power of Firebase for Your Angular App

What is Firebase?

Firebase is an application development platform that provides a range of services, including hosting, databases, file storage, analytics, and authentication. Its flagship product, Firebase Hosting, allows you to deploy your Angular app on a content delivery network, ensuring fast and secure loading times.

Deploying Your Angular App on Firebase

To get started, you’ll need a Firebase account and the Angular CLI installed on your machine. Once you’ve set up your project, you can deploy your Angular app to Firebase using the @angular/fire library. This library simplifies the deployment process, allowing you to focus on building your app rather than worrying about the underlying infrastructure.

ng add @angular/fire

Benefits of Using Firebase

• Multi-site deployment: Deploy multiple sites on a single project, sharing resources and services like authentication, storage, and APIs.
• Server-side rendering: Use Cloud Functions to deploy Angular Universal apps, enabling server-side rendering without additional development or configuration.
• Version control: Roll back to previous versions of your app in case of issues, ensuring minimal downtime and impact on users.

Getting Started with Firebase

To deploy your Angular app on Firebase, follow these simple steps:

1. Create a Firebase project and install the @angular/fire library.
2. Configure your project settings and deploy targets.
3. Preview and deploy your app using the Angular CLI and Firebase CLI tools.

firebase init
firebase deploy

Deploying Multiple Apps on a Single Project

Want to deploy multiple apps on a single project? Firebase makes it easy! Simply create multiple sites on the Firebase Console, each with its own subdomain, and configure deploy targets for each app. Then, deploy each app using the Firebase CLI tools.

firebase hosting:sites:create --project  myapp1
firebase hosting:sites:create --project  myapp2

Angular Universal and Firebase Cloud Functions

Take your Angular app to the next level with Angular Universal and Firebase Cloud Functions. This powerful combination enables server-side rendering, generating static pages that are bootstrapped on the client when requested.

import { universal } from '@angular/fire/compat/functions';

export const ssr = universal(() => {
  // Your Angular Universal app code here
});

Rolling Back to Previous Versions

If something goes wrong with your deployment, don’t worry! Firebase allows you to roll back to previous versions of your app, ensuring minimal impact on users.

firebase hosting:versions:list
firebase hosting:rollback --version