Allison Kornher

Allison Kornher, a Cloud Technical Resident at Google, introduces us to Firestore, a scalable NoSQL document database. She explains the differences between SQL and NoSQL databases and the four categories of NoSQL databases. Each Firestore document belongs to a collection and is stored in key value pairs for easy management. Subcollections add to the flexibility of Firestore design. Allison gives tips for getting started with Firestore and recommends considering the CAP theorem when choosing a database type.