Author: Zen and the Art of Computer Programming
1 Introduction
With the popularity of mobile applications, more and more developers are beginning to pay attention to how to deploy them to the App Store for release, how to implement user login, registration and other functions, and ultimately help the App to succeed in the market. However, in the real world, there are many difficulties that need to be solved. This article will discuss how to securely and quickly perform user authentication and authorization when building scalable and reliable iOS applications. Through this article, readers can learn the following points:
- What is Firebase?
- Is User Authentication necessary?
- Can the user login and registration functions be easily implemented using the authentication service provided by Firebase?
- Why choose Firebase as the user authentication service in your project?
- User verification process and principle?
- Provide a secure user authorization mechanism?
- How do scalability and fault tolerance affect user authentication performance?
- What is the architecture diagram of a designed user authentication system?
- How to troubleshoot and deal with problems when they occur?
2. Explanation of basic concepts and terms
2.1 What is Firebase?
Firebase is a cloud platform developed based on Google, which provides various functions such as data storage, user authentication, and message push. All the services it provides are free, and it has become one of the main cloud services adopted by many enterprises. In addition to this, its Web SDK is also included, which can be used by front-end developers.
2.2 The necessity of user identity authentication
With the development of the Internet, people gradually transform from offline activities to online activities. Traditional websites and server applications cannot meet people's needs because they have no