In the process of building my application, I used Firebase Cloud Functions that are called by triggers in the Firebase Cloud Firestore. Basically, whenever a record is written to specific collections in my app’s Firestore, the Cloud Functions trigger Slack notifications.

Recently, I built an application for some devs on my team in order to boost sharing of what we learn every week. We are always learning something new, and I wanted a platform that could help orchestrate that. In the process of building my application, I used Firebase Cloud Functions that are called by triggers in the Firebase Cloud Firestore. Basically, whenever a record is written to specific collections in my app’s Firestore, the Cloud Functions trigger Slack notifications. This whole process was a lot of fun, and actually quite powerful. This post is going to cover some basics, and showcase how powerful using cloud functions can be.

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