Currently, the use of a remote database for storing various types of data (such as product and user information for an online store, patient details in a clinic, etc.) is highly relevant. Also, more and more developers want to create cross platform apps to access the data on device targets such as Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android.
For this purpose, both traditional relational databases and document-oriented databases can be employed. Document-oriented databases are more flexible as they provide users with a REST API for interaction.
Therefore, for data manipulation, it is necessary to use such requests as PUT, POST, GET, DELETE. They allow users to write, receive, and delete data. In contrast to relational databases, there is no need for additional drivers here. This significantly simplifies the development of software that should utilize a remote database. Data in such a database is represented in the JSON format.
In this video we will demonstrate how to write, read, and delete data in a document-oriented Firebase Realtime Database using the Firebase API with an Embarcadero Delphi FMX application.
