Easy, Scalable Backends for Android Developers

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Shows how to build serverless Android backends with concrete tools and steps: use Cloud Functions for Firebase (HTTP and event triggers, callable functions with automatic auth token handling), deploy with firebase deploy, prefer TypeScript for safer NodeJS code, or run a JVM Kotlin service with Ktor packaged into a Docker image and pushed via gcloud build and gcloud run deploy to Cloud Run. Notes scale limits (Cloud Functions up to 1,000 concurrent instances), tradeoffs between quick setup versus full control.

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1. 0:00Introduction to Firebase
2. 2:37Firebase backend solutions
3. 5:45What is serverless computing
4. 8:30Cloud Functions overview
5. 10:15TypeScript for backend
6. 15:48HTTP and callable functions
7. 21:04Event triggers with Cloud Functions
8. 27:24Cloud Run for backend
9. 37:13Cloud Functions vs Cloud Run
10. 39:19Scalability of serverless
11. 40:01Q&A

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