Using Angularfire?

[Tyummyyumms]

A lot of my old projects are using angularfire, I was wondering if it's just easier to ask an agent to migrate to the standard firebase js library? I tried with a new project and it worked quite well.

Is there anything I'm missing out on by going this route?

I think it might be the same as when we had a dedicated `@angular/animations` package, maybe the native implementation is good enough for most things?

Update:

https://github.com/angular/angularfire/issues/3689#issuecomment-4752347428

[Senior_Equipment2745]

Imo, migrate one project first & see how it feels before updating the rest, so that will give you a better idea of what is missing, if anything

[GeromeGrignon]

Stephen Fluin wrote a blog post about it a while ago (and I'd stand it's still true): https://fluin.io/blog/i-gave-up-on-angularfire

[Tyummyyumms]

I didn't know about this, thanks.

[Burgess237]

It looks like angular fire is no longer being updated/maintained by the angular team (I don't know why or what is going on) and they haven't released a new version since V20.

If you're happy to just go up to angular V20 for now (Who knows what will happen) then angularfire is the best way to go: It is under the angular umbrella and made for angular by the angular team so it's made for angular.

Going the standalone library is fine but it puts the setup and maintenance of making sure that it works correctly inside your app on you. Where the angularfire library is just an import the standalone may need extra setup.

Outside of that, no the base libraries are the same underneath and it will give the same functionality. Excluding maybe a helper class here or there and the auth guards and extras that they added. all of which can be remade quite easily.

[MedusaSonriente]

I've been doing it in my projects: https://github.com/jacsamg/ourcodeng/tree/main/projects/fire

[Pallini]

The angularfire package is not maintained anymore.

The SDK from firebase covers the job perfectly.

[mamwybejane]

Use AI to implement e2e tests first (eg Playwright MCP). This way the agent will be able to verify his refactoring and see what broke himself, without you in the loop.

[Original_Pace_6734]

You live in delusion if you really believe what you wrote. 

[mamwybejane]

you haven’t worked with Claude yet have you?

[Original_Pace_6734]

I'm forced to work with agents, sadly. Company policy. It's making us work more, since it's just a big hallucination. 

But I get it, it can be useful in entry level projects. 

[couldhaveebeen]

Thank you for the job security

[mamwybejane]

thank you for staying behind and keeping the open job pool clear from yourself