What is a NoSQL Database? How is Cloud Firestore structured? | Get to know Cloud Firestore #1

Cloud Firestore is a horizontally scaling document-model NoSQL database in the cloud. But what does that actually mean? Welcome to our new series, Get to Know Cloud Firestore! In the first episode, Todd answers some of your essential NoSQL and Cloud Firestore questions. Let us know what you think in the comments below!
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[@Firebase]

Let us know what you'd like to see covered in this series in the comments!

[@uziao]

Please help us with SQL Databases to migrate to NoSQL! :) Greeting from Brasil (Ormando - Colatina/ES)

[@TheGrafox]

Best structure database for real world project like shopping products or post.

[@SreekanthKrishnan]

1. Structure for feeds in social media app 2. Advanced querying with multiple fields 3. Possible issues if your app gets 1 Million downloads in a day :P (Best practices to make sure things don't break on scaling up) 4. How to maintain consistency of duplicated data 5. How to deal with aggregation queries when device is offline. For example user clicked like button. Like count needs to be incremented but transactions won't succeed or cloud functions won't execute as device is offline. 6. Complete real world examples for social media, shopping, messaging etc.

[@PrayudiSatriyo]

#AskFirebase How do we backup and restore databases so we can have PROD and DEV environment? In SQL, we can simply perform backup and then restore it using a different name. My startup is based in Indonesia, currently building a new Android app using Firestore as the backend. We need to have PROD and DEV environment. DEV is for Internal Test, Alpha, and Beta.

[@AshishYadav-eh8bl]

Topics like data optimization and writing queries.

[@codinginflow]

Your explainer videos are amazing

[@soma7891]

Your's too.

[@arifikhsanudin9724]

Yes

[@ChessCat1500]

so is your channel

[@codinginflow]

Thank you guys 💚

[@millenniumchowdhury6395]

Your's too bro

[@vigneshr5329]

Todd is definitely one of the best presenters. Would love to see more from him.

[@VitorFThome]

True

[@bushbuddyplatypus]

Instant fan here. This is so understandable and engaging. Much better than any other tutorials I've seen in a long while.

[@ne2r]

I should have watched this video before developing my app with Firestore. Everything makes so much sense now.

[@chanlito4896]

A BIG thumb up 😅 for this video.

[@andriys5772]

​@@ToddKerpelmanCorp you remind me an actor Robin Williams. Thank you! 👍

[@enriqueeee]

I was looking for a comment about his thumb, thanks !

[@vitikahappy]

Came down here to leave the same comment ;-)

[@luisfittkau9322]

After watching this, I immideately feel like I understand what the core idea of firestore is and the difference compared to a SQL database. Totally awesome

[@epajarjestys9981]

This is an awesome introduction. Excellently clear and to the point explanations of the basic concepts with all the important context. This guy has got great talent as a teacher.

[@jesselima_dev]

This is one of the best videos you guys posted about Firestore. Really good one! I like this guy explaining.

[@gothakane]

You actually addressed everything I was thinking as someone coming from a relational DB background. Impressive! Like you were reading my mind. Still not entirely convinced but trying it out.

[@RadhwenKhelia]

Was it worth the trial ?

[@waleedalrashed1411]

Why is this video the absolute perfection?

[@27sosite73]

the guy is briliant himself! kept me hiper concentrated for the whole video. awesome

[@OnionKnight541]

"In the Realtime Database world, when you retrieve some element in the tree, you automatically retrieve everything below it. And that would mean downloading potential hundreds of [elements] anytime I want to grab a couple dozen [elements]... But in Cloud Firestore world, queries are shallow by default." (This is a big point that a lot of beginner Firebase programmers should keep in mind).

[@brianoliveira5471]

But if you actually need a lot of data and everything below it, you need to create a lot of queries because Firestore is shallow by default and that's a big deal. It all depends on the way you're modeling. You can use indexes to help in this process of querying and some techniques in Realtime Database too, as well you can do that in Firestore. NoSQL is a fun world to explore! (:

[@klaudiaadamus3353]

@@brianoliveira5471 Oh my, I'm getting a heart attack just thinking about it. 😬 Why would anyone want to use it?! Can someone explain, please?

[@huntergroton]

@@klaudiaadamus3353 are you asking why anyone would want to use shallow queries?

[@rawtale97]

Completely lost when I first encountered the reference of “Collection” and “documents”, making the specific relationship was hard, but now I can see all of the benefits in doing it this way, thanks for the video, it is a recommendation sorely lacking from guides.

[@Firebase]

We appreciate your support, Juan! Thank you so much for leaving this feedback for us 😄

[@jamesgaroutte7579]

As a developer with a long history of using SQL databases, this is the exact information I was looking for!

[@AlmostM]

Really well explained! I kept thinking to myself questions as you went, like "How can I fetch related items without joins?" and "Won't that result in duplicate data that can be out of sync?" and each time within less than a minute you brought up the same question and gave great answers :)

[@PDXdjn]

Great explanation! Possibly the first video I've ever seen where the presenter's "You're probably thinking _____, right?" interjections were in fact precisely what I was thinking.

[@Firebase]

Thanks for the love! We're so happy you found this helpful! Be sure to subscribe to keep up with the latest from Firebase: goo.gle/3dyeCpY Happy learning 😎

[@CoryMcaboy]

I have been using Firestore for my app. I would recommend fixing the following deficiencies prior to coming out of BETA: 1) Ability to use the not equal operator "!=" 2) Support for OR logic in where clause 3) Offline support for Web. 4) Support for Android in React Native (Android does not currently work with React Native without unsupported workarounds). As of the current state, I would only recommend Firestore for very simple MVP's and concept testing purposes. I would not recommend it for a production application (hence why it is in BETA ^^)

[@topolichio]

I understood that with RNFirebase you could use firestore on android, it's not possible?

[@cutiko]

Dude this is a complete video explaining why there is no such a thing a SQL query and still, you ask for "Ability to join...", seriously?

[@ValAllenSamonte]

Offline support for web is there by calling enablePersistence? Am I missing something here? firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/manage-data/enable-offline

[@CoryMcaboy]

Aquilino Méndez you are fine if you use that library. I should have specified that I am using expo, which does not support that library.

[@CoryMcaboy]

cutiko thanks fam

[@jdcoding1012]

I remember the time when I am new to no sql database. So confusing. But now, I am enjoying and have understand this no sql database. Now, I am using cloud firestore db in every app I am working for school. It made my work easier and faster. Thank you, firebase team! Especially to Todd, big thumbs up for you! 👍

[@pablokatt]

Oh man! If all videos in the internet would be explained like this humanity would get the next level his evolution! Thank you so much!

[@adityajain5135]

"Worst thing to happen in programming, since GOTO statement" I am going to borrow this line. Awesome Tutorial !!

[@gamingmode8942]

10:56 Firestore rules Firestore rules: 10:59 first rule: collections can only contains documents nothing else 11:04 second rule: documents can only be 1 MB less inside 11:09 third rule: document can not contain another document 11:15 a document can contain collections of documents, and each documents a collection of documents, and so on 11:23 fourth rule: root can only contains collections 11:47 query

Todd, I love the way you talk, your jokes. I wish you made every tutorial

[@reactnativedeveloper1682]

i was confused in firestore but your video helped in understanding it .enjoyed a lot.

[@Firebase]

We're glad to hear the tutorial was helpful! Be sure to check out the links in the description for more tips and tutorials 😎

[@Glenn.Cooper]

That's the best intro description I've heard to describe a NoSQL database. Thanks!!

[@Firebase]

Glad you like it!

[@Juan-lb5wu]

It's a luxury to have this video series. Thanks for your work .

[@gauravpratap7]

Describing complex things in a simple way. Thanks!

[@michelkant]

awesome explanation!! "Why optimize for the thing that happens 1 time instead of the thing that happens 7000 times" -> That's makes a lot of sense :D

[@TheEkkas]

There's no sequel for that thumbnail. You described the topic very well, thank you.

[@Firebase]

Thanks for that!

[@ChrisMercredi]

This guy makes the best videos for real. He should make all the videos for flutter/firebase.

[@Firebase]

Thanks for the love, Chris! Glad you enjoyed the video 😎 Be sure to check out the links in the description for even more great content!

[@suraj0223]

You are really a genius, this is one of the best videos I discovered about Cloud Firestore.

[@eliseerickson5994]

My education is in relational databases but the fact the Google hosts and scales the database for you has me hooked

[@BreakingBarriers2DIY]

What a talent for presenting information. I could listen to this gentleman all day. Great job. Looking forward to running video #2.

[@marlonsubuyu2012]

This is my introduction to NoSQL and the collections make sense now to me

[@lucaban]

this is the best series since bread came sliced

[@Firebase]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@ralhamami]

Dude, what a great video. Very easy to follow. Great explanations. Just the right amount of humor. Thank you! :)

[@orange-vlcybpd2]

That was the missing link for me. Didactically outstanding Explanation, and Presentation. Thank you, Todd

[@ug3469]

The drawings and the clear and step by step explanations with examples are making it a great video along with that great sense of humor. Thank you so much :)

[@hongcai4617]

This video is so easy to understand and giving examples at the right time when I started to get confused! thumbs up for you

[@johnagorman]

Hope the thumb is better (and that it did not take 4 years to heal). GREAT video. Thanks!

[@krislercanlas9800]

I'm new to NoSQL and was confused as first, thanks for your detailed and easy to follow explanation!

[@permanar_]

"Since Go-To Statement" LOL IM DED😂😂😂😪😪

[@courageous-schools]

This is a fantastic video. Very well explained and the pace is spot on. Are there any other episodes in this series. If so, how do I find them?

[@thiashomme]

Incredible explanation, that's some proper communication skills right here! Thanks a lot!

[@gambaweb]

This guy is crazy good at explaining, Well done.

[@CodeLove-v6r]

Anyone in 2024...🤚

[@yaminshaikh]

Yes

[@felixjegere]

Looking for me

[@DavitBarbakadze]

Perfect explanation. Humankind requires more of such.

[@anthonyglover2700]

Good job making a dry topic actually fun to watch!

[@NandaAcademies]

This is an awesome introduction, no doubt about it. But I expected few examples running on firebase/firestore to understand how it's really done.

[@thedevguild7525]

Wow I was expecting you to cover briefly on NoSQL before moving on to Firestore But you also cover the essence of SQL I find it very insightful and would highly recommend all starting out as backend to view it.

[@CameronChardukian]

I'm just learning about Firestone for the first time. You did a phenomenal job of explaining things here! :D

[@Falzer]

You got my reaction 😂, i really freaked out and you said every worries i have! thanks for creating this video, I learned a lot

[@lemuffinity]

That's solid! You managed to explain to a database newbie what a NoSQL database is. Thanks!

[@hugolandreville853]

Wow! I would like to say that anyone or any company who make some kind of tutorials video should take a good look at this video for how it should be done! Amazing clarity. Thank you.

[@youssefouirini5597]

Best noSQL education short I've ever seen.

[@clovisrodyt]

Hi, it's really a very good video ... the contents and the animations you used ... If you allow, I would likw to ask you what tool di you use to make such animations, tables, arows ... Thanks

[@larbot3433]

I've been playing around with noSQL db a bit lately but this was actually a very helpful explanation of how to model the data and how it differs to relational.

[@humaneBicycle]

i studied sql databases for and year and this is more clear. Thanks.

[@ellasaro]

Does this mean you would have a "Reviews" collection for every "Restaurants" document? So excited about upcoming videos.

[@ellasaro]

Fantastic

[@lautarogarcia8038]

Thanks for this videos,, just what i was needing in this moment of my life.

[@Firebase]

You're so welcome!

[@konnekmed2010]

Brilliant stuff. Got the sample IOS apps working with read and writes to my console and figured out the data model required for the build. Time to build the rest of the structure.

[@sidneymachara9773]

oookay .. thats some top notch explaining right there , keep it

[@ashutoshranjan4644]

Looking forward to this amazing series.

[@omerfeyyazselcuk7325]

The world needs a new type of database.

[@mojikashani2545]

Finally a great explanation from Google!👍

[@cutiko]

This is the best explanation of why to migrate to Firebase: is a great serverless! No pain for developers, fast queries and scaling is not an issue

[@kentoapps]

This is great video! I cannot wait for "Future episodes"!!

[@tomascarignano5002]

Thank you guys! This was really nice.

[@Firebase]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Shogohod]

This is the best guy described it so well and fun, thanks a million :)

[@pablo_hinche]

thith guy gets it. thith was dope. appreciate it thankyuhthomuch all yallth

[@basiccoder2166]

whoa did any one notice on PC at 15:11 when author says subscribe to our KZbin channel the subscribe button have a animation effects outside the video this is super cool!!!

[@Kurchack]

Great video. I recently had to do some data duplication in order to accommodate certain user needs. This felt really dirty, but it's relieving hearing you talk about this like it's okay to do here and there.

[@rammalvarez2664]

Happened to to my as well this couple days, have you tried to keep reference to your Id's in an opcional value of your model? It works for me when I retrieve the documents so you don need to duplicate data

[@mauriciopatino5911]

How exciting! Looking forward to this!

[@DRocksRecords]

Thanks for the good instruction video its easier to understand than documentation reading alone.

[@arafatzahan3697]

I hope this guy is getting paid a lot cause his videos are fire

[@solmillin]

Great intro. I'll now watch your other videos. Thanks heaps !

[@ianfarai4982]

best teacher on youtube

[@zoudino1587]

One of the best tutorials I have ever seen!!!

[@madhavmanocha4999]

Awesome explanation. Would give a big thumbs up...but I see, you already have one.

[@soulmanifestation150]

Thank you for this video series!!

[@Firebase]

You are so welcome!

[@katlegomolepo6830]

Alert alert dont watch this video this guy will convert you, he's that good🤓, keep it up bro this is great.

[@masa-vg5dv]

super easy to understand. thanks a lot!!

[@shoekneeawl]

You guys put together some amazing videos, nice job. I would like to see videos on auth examples and security rules together. There are no detailed videos on this, yet they go hand in hand.

[@RobertBrunhage]

Will you implement or in queries and also be able to query multiple fields? It's almost impossible to make so that a user is following people and displays all their posts in a feed.

[@wingyichau116]

Excellent illustration on what noSQL is. Thanks so much :)

[@LinhLinhBD]

the best explaination about nosql

[@vvmanyam1]

wow!!! just wow!! excellent pace and extremely well presented!!

[@CoryMcaboy]

Good explanation. I wish I saw this video a few months ago :)

[@kuraibankusu]

It came out today

[@johnbalvin5401]

Me to :C, now I need to change all my code :V

[@JamesAutoDude]

Thanks so much. I'm switching over from SQL to Firestore. Wish I would've learned this first 😭

[@kwstasg]

Both Cloud Firestore and Mr Todd are belovable

[@FilledStacks]

Awesome video Jeff. My first time actually learning about NoSQL after just hearing about it for so long. You've made it look very easy :)

[@siddharthmanumusic]

Great presentation with illustrations! Loved how you introduced concepts along the way and kept one example going..

[@rammalvarez2664]

Nice! I'm devoloping my firsts apps with Firestore.... and boy! I love it, so simple. Great job guys! and keep the videos coming

[@whatawastere]

I'm looking forward to the next episode. I hope it comes soon.

[@marians.9010]

wow, now THAT's a high quality explanatory video!

[@daneyand]

Love the speaker - he is awesome!

[@scottelfstrom]

Thanks for the clear explanations and drawings. Very helpful.

[@vendetta3953]

hahahaha 7:03 that's what I'm currently feeling 🤣 having only SQL background this nosql thing is driving me crazy. Please keep bringing more videos on firestore. A separate playlist would be best :)

[@YousefKabbara]

#askfirebase Thank you for this great series, I have a model like the following: Collection: Place String name String description Int numberOfVisits and so on Q1: for the first two parameters ‘ *name and description* ’ I need to make it *multilingual* what is the best structure to make it so while keeping minimal data downloaded and the minimal number of queries? Q2: you're talking about having a sub-collection for reviews, but what about having a third collection for the relation between users-resturants-reviews ? Best, Yusuf

[@yurowitz]

I've watched dozens of videos about NoSQL and SQL databases but none of them really painted the real picture. This video is literally the best out there! Now I am excited to follow up on the remainder of the series. Thanks so much !