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Angular + Firebase Is RAD

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Re: Angular + Firebase Is RAD

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I am working on this as I learn AngularJS - https://github.com/manojlds/EventBase Working with Firebase has been fun, but security is hard. AngularFire is not really mature yet, too.

Thank you for your feedback (Firebase Community Manager here). We've heard from many people that AngularFire still isn't quite usable in complex Angular apps and we're working now on making some API tweaks and improving the documentation. Email me (sara@firebase.com) with specific feedback.

Re: Angular + Firebase Is RAD

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Couldn't agree more, I have run into the same things it appears you have and come to similar conclusions. That was what was hardest for me when getting started, there are a billion examples of how to write a chat app, a todo list, etc but none of the examples I came across had, as you call it the "meat of how to build and Angular app with Firebase". I felt like most of what I was seeing was gimmicky and had no real u…

Yup. I'm also trying to learn AngularJS at the same time so the hits, they keep'a'coming. ( = It would be nice in the AngularFire documentation if they were clear what was a promise (implicit binding) and what wasn't (explicit binding). One of the things I ran into (which I hope they add to the documentation): before using implicit binding, create the object on the $scope in your controller first. Only after the empt…

Thanks for the feedback (Firebase Community Manager here). We're working on improving the documentation. Feel free to email me at sara@firebase.com if you have more suggestions.
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