# Ionic2 and Firebase **URL:** \ **Category:** ionic-v3\ **Created:** [April 26, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic2-and-firebase/50465 "2016-04-26T19:17:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![starkemc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@starkemc](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/starkemc)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic2-and-firebase/50465/1 "2016-04-26T19:17:56Z")
What is the best way to get started using Firebase with Ionic2? Do I have to wait for AngularFire2 to be completed? ---
**Author:** ![finke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/finke/32/100056_2.png) [@finke](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/finke)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic2-and-firebase/50465/2 "2016-04-26T19:57:42Z")
@starkemc You don’t need to wait for AngularFire2, have a look [here](https://github.com/aaronksaunders/ionic2-firebase-sample) at @aaronksaunders’ approach. You can either use Firebase’s standard JS API (like I do) or use AngularFire like in [this](https://github.com/aaronksaunders/ionic2-angularfire-sample) example. Great work, Aaron! ---
**Author:** ![aaronksaunders](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/aaronksaunders/32/13729_2.png) [@aaronksaunders](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/aaronksaunders)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic2-and-firebase/50465/3 "2016-06-18T11:28:24Z")
@finke thanks for the shout out and hope the original repo was helpful. @starkemc here is an updated sample using database, storage and authentication > **[aaronksaunders/ionic2firebase3](https://github.com/aaronksaunders/ionic2firebase3)** > > ionic2firebase3 - ionic2 simple login with firebase3.0 showing camera integration for image upload