For example,
1. Its not totally clear that the url that you are supposed to use is the url that is generated when you create a new app and land inside of Forge.
2. Its also not totally clear that in retrieving data you're supposed to follow the structure of you JSON schema. A simple note along the lines of "If you would like the retrieve the third index in your array, its as simple as creating a new Firebase instance and passing in 'mydata.firebaseio.com/3' as the url.
3. Like I mentioned in my first comment, it would be good if you had a 'Retrieve Data' bullet point on your getting started page. For users who simply want to import JSON into Forge to display in their app via retrieval, a two line note and example along the lines of
Retrieve Data
user = new Firebase('mydata.firebaseio.com/users/3')
user.once (userData) ->
console.log userData.val() # Should return Kim Gordon
There are little things (and I emphasize little here) scattered throughout which would lead less experienced devs into a bit of confusion when first getting started.
If I'm being overly cautious here please disregard, but it did hang me up when I first started playing around with the system.
Either way, totally love the hosting and super psyched to dive deeper into the platform!
Also, glad to hear you like the hosting! We're really proud of what we launched today and have a lot of plans for it into the future. If you have any more suggestions, feel free to email me. You can find my email in my profile.
For example, is this supposed to be more of an add-on service for folks who already use Firebase or intended to woo new developers?
But when we do something, we like to do it "right" and so we also think Firebase Hosting comes with a very compelling feature set (Simple Deploy/Rollback, Automatically-provisioned SSL, and a global CDN). So we're optimistic it'll also attract new developers to the Firebase platform.
It would be nice if you could add some latency benchmark against common alternatives like S3. A lot of ppl use that for static webpages, but I wonder how lack of CDN affect the user experience.