πŸš€ Galactic News: Firebase Auth, Nitro Modules & CI/CD


Hey Reader,

after a long time I'm finally back with Firebase content - did you miss it?

I've been so in the "Supabase universe" that I forgot about how _easy_ to use Firebase still is. If you want to see more Firebase tuts, hit the reply button right now an LMK πŸ‘‹

Beyond that, we've got interesting development of new concepts (Nitro Modules) and a fresh podcast episode about challenges of building a real app, including CI/CD and Expo EAS!

Stay cool during the hot summer and continue being awesome ❀️

Happy Coding,
Simon✌️

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✨ React Native Firebase Auth with Expo

Let's connect our React Native app to Firebase and use Firebase Authentication with Expo Router to secure our app - this time by using the native Firebase modules!

πŸ‘‰ Watch the new video​

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πŸ’« Nebula Notes

  1. ​Challenges of Building an On-call App with Rory Bain (Podcast)
    In the new podcast episode we talk about using Tailwind, the challenges of CI/CD, and debugging issues with Expo's EAS.
  2. ​Nitro Modules? (Tweet)
    Marc Rousavy shared a preview of something he called "Nitro Modules" - and it looks incredible!
  3. ​What is Continuous Native Generation? (Article)
    There is still a lot of confusion around CNG, and in this article Keith from Expo shares what this means for your project.
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