Firebase App Development Foundations for Uganda

Course outline and learning expectations

This is a tutor-led course. The outline shows what your tutor will cover; teaching materials and examinations are provided directly to enrolled students.

What you will learn

• Explain Firebase services and suitable app use cases
• Create and configure a Firebase project
• Connect a web application to the Firebase SDK
• Build create, read, update and delete features with Cloud Firestore
• Implement email and password authentication
• Upload and retrieve files with Cloud Storage
• Write basic Security Rules and test locally
• Deploy a working application with Firebase Hosting

Modules

1. 1

   Firebase platform foundations

   Understand Firebase products and practical African digital service use cases

   Firebase consoleProjects and appsSDKsProduct selection
2. 2

   Development environment setup

   Prepare a Firebase-ready web development workflow

   Node.jsVisual Studio CodeFirebase CLIGit
3. 3

   Cloud Firestore essentials

   Build and query a NoSQL cloud database

   CollectionsDocumentsCRUD operationsBasic queries
4. 4

   Firebase Authentication basics

   Add secure registration, login and user sessions

   Email and password authenticationAuth stateSign-outError handling
5. 5

   Cloud Storage fundamentals

   Upload and manage user-generated files

   Storage referencesUploadsDownloadsFile metadata
6. 6

   Security Rules introduction

   Protect application data and validate access

   Authentication checksData validationLeast privilegeRules testing
7. 7

   Local testing and debugging

   Test Firebase features before deployment

   Emulator SuiteConsole debuggingLogsCommon errors
8. 8

   Hosting and capstone application

   Deploy a practical app for a Ugandan or African use case

   Firebase HostingDeployment workflowApp reviewPortfolio presentation