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GraphQL vs Firebase

With the variety of server-side technologies today, developers have a lot of choices when it comes to deciding what kind of backend to use for their next application.

In this article, we want to explore the differences between GraphQL and Firebase, two very popular server-side technologies.

Overview

Before diving into technical details, let's create some perspective on the two technologies and where they're coming from.

	import firebase from 'firebase'
	import { filter, map } from 'lodash'
	import { makeExecutableSchema } from 'graphql-tools'

	firebase.initializeApp({
	databaseURL: 'https://grafire-b1b6e.firebaseio.com',
	})

	const mapSnapshotToEntity = snapshot => ({ id: snapshot.key, ...snapshot.val() })
	const mapSnapshotToEntities = snapshot => map(snapshot.val(), (value, id) => ({ id, ...value }))