Build a Hacker News Mobile App with Firebase

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Firebase provides a realtime Backend as a Service (or BaaS) that allows the developer to sync data instantly between the backend and all connected devices. In addition to being a database that’s accessible from anywhere, they also have a very useful JavaScript API that let’s you listen for events for when items are changed, added or removed from the database. The company was recently acquired by Google…