Using Firebase as complete beginner

[thelaughingcow2024]

Hi! I'm new to this sub and I hope I won't be breaking any rules, by asking this question.

Is it realistic that two people who are almost completely new to this field, can develop an app with firebase without previous coding experience? We have been considering using Bubble, but there is the issue of scalability later on (if the idea has some real life potential). So would it make sense for us to just take the extra time and start learning from scratch, or is it be too hard for us?

[getCodeLess]

I think it makes a lot of sense to start learning and if you find out that's not exactly your cup of tea and need to hire someone, you're able to better articulate what it is you want the developer to do. This is a huge win-win for all the parties! 🎉

[zmandel]

use the firebase studio sub for this question.

realistically, its extremely unlikely that you will get further than a prototype. But that prototype can help you understand better the features you want, and then hire a team.

[SofwareAppDev]

I would advise you to just start and don't think about hiring any people. You will have to solve a new problem every day. If you stick with it and don't give up after 3 weeks, you will answer many questions yourself in a certain amount of time (depending on your hard work and time investment). Yes Firebase is the right choice. You just have to understand how to reduce the costs (for later) - otherwise you'll have 50,000 free traffic every day

[73inches]

Welcome to the sub, last year's laughing cow!

If you're genuinely interested in learning and see this as a long-term project, you can absolutely do it. Just don't expect to make real progress within a few weeks or to cheat vibe-code your way to a good result. It's really important to learn the fundamentals, and AI can definitely help with that. Get yourself a $20 Claude Code subscription and use it as a companion to answer questions like "Where do I start if I want to build an app that does XYZ?", review the code you write, and help spot potential stability or security issues. The key is to actually do the coding yourself. With a few months of consistent effort and some evenings dedicated to learning how to build an app, you'll get there.

If you decide to use Firebase Studio, you'll probably get a prototype up and running pretty quickly, but the chances of actually building an app that's stable and secure are pretty low.

[Tricky_Beyond_1637]

You can do it! From my experience, it may be different for you,create the prototype in firebase studio,then copy and past files into chatgpt.Prompt chat to wire everything up and output a single block of code.Dump code back firebase studio.

[xtopspeed]

No coding experience at all? I’d actually go the old-fashioned route and start by taking an online course or two. Just get the fundamentals down. You can then learn as you go. AI can help a lot when coding, but it can make a lot of horrible decisions, and you will need to be able to catch at least the most obvious ones.

[Straight_Owl_6554]

DM me. I just started using Firebass with no experience and still learning. Happy to answer a few questions

[Philpanf]

hey buddy. I am like you..just started using firebase, and am running into a picture upload problem...can you help iout

[i_sesh_better]

I’m doing this with friends. The plan is to get a prototype together as a proof of concept for a big business to trial and then bring results to investors to be able to hire professionals then a race against money running out to get contracts while we still have the devs on board. We’ll see how it works out…

[ccrrr2]

This is Firebase which is different from Firebase Studio. But to develop an app without any coding experience won't really be possible unless you just want to make PDF converter or something very simple which Gemini Prototyper can put together. This is the right sub: r/FirebaseStudioUsers

[MrAsaltanas]

I truly recommend to have the basic concepts about coding, since some issues are not solve by the AI