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@firebase/app-types
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Package description
@firebase/app-types is a TypeScript type definition package for the Firebase JavaScript SDK. It provides type definitions for the core Firebase app functionalities, ensuring type safety and better development experience when using Firebase services in TypeScript projects.
Initialize Firebase App
This feature allows you to initialize a Firebase app with a given configuration. The configuration object contains various keys required to connect to your Firebase project.
const firebaseConfig = {
apiKey: "your-api-key",
authDomain: "your-auth-domain",
projectId: "your-project-id",
storageBucket: "your-storage-bucket",
messagingSenderId: "your-messaging-sender-id",
appId: "your-app-id"
};
const app = firebase.initializeApp(firebaseConfig);
Access Firebase Services
Once the Firebase app is initialized, you can access various Firebase services like Authentication and Firestore using the app instance.
const auth = app.auth();
const firestore = app.firestore();
Type Safety with TypeScript
The package provides TypeScript type definitions, ensuring type safety and better development experience when working with Firebase services.
import { FirebaseApp } from '@firebase/app-types';
const app: FirebaseApp = firebase.initializeApp(firebaseConfig);
@types/firebase is a community-maintained package that provides TypeScript type definitions for the Firebase JavaScript SDK. It offers similar functionalities to @firebase/app-types but may not be as up-to-date or comprehensive.
The firebase package is the official Firebase JavaScript SDK, which includes both the core functionalities and type definitions. It is more comprehensive and frequently updated compared to @firebase/app-types.
react-firebase-hooks is a library that provides React hooks for Firebase. It simplifies the integration of Firebase services with React applications and offers type definitions for better TypeScript support.
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This package is not intended for direct usage, and should only be used via the officially supported firebase package.
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@firebase/app Types
The npm package @firebase/app-types receives a total of 2,664,761 weekly downloads. As such, @firebase/app-types popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @firebase/app-types demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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