ANALYSIS OF FIREBASE PLATFORM IN MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
Stevan Milovanović
Fakultet organizacionih nauka, Univerzitet u Beogradu
Zorica Bogdanović
Fakultet organizacionih nauka, Univerzitet u Beogradu
Tamara Naumović
Fakultet organizacionih nauka, Univerzitet u Beogradu
Dušan Barać
Fakultet organizacionih nauka, Univerzitet u Beogradu
Marijana Despotović-Zrakić
Fakultet organizacionih nauka, Univerzitet u Beogradu
Keywords:
Firebase platform, external services, mobile technologies, software development
Abstract
The subject of this paper is an analysis of the Firebase platform that provides support services for mobile applications development. When analyzing the services of this platform are compared with competing services platform such as Fabric, Amazon and Intercom. Focus of the analyzed services is on functionalities such as user authentication, sending push notifications, tracking application usage analytics and using an external storage. In the practical part of the paper, based on clearly defined user requirements and prior service analysis, the selection of adequate solutions for the given project was carried out. The result of this paper is a clearly defined methodology for choosing optimal solutions in terms of available platforms and services depending on the architecture and domain of the problem.
