DEVS Firebase workshop 2020

Welcome to the git repository for DEVS' firebase workshop for 2020! Here you will find setup instructions to be completed before the workshop, as well as examples of completed exercises to look back on after the workshop.

Getting started

PLEASE CREATE A GOOGLE ACCOUNT BEFORE THE WORKSHOP - using your university google account will do if you don't want to use your private account.

Below you will find instructions and guides to download the tools we'll need for the workshop. Once you've completed the steps below please clone the repository and be on the master branch. The finished code is available on the finished-app branch.

Happy coding!

The firebase workshop requires some software to be installed on your computer.

• Visual Studio Code: A text editor which we will be writing our code in (You can also use your own editor if you like)
• Node.js: Used to run our javascript code.
• Yarn: Used to download packages that other people have written.

Windows

A video of the setup process has been recorded for you if you get stuck. https://youtu.be/Yv-Se-KbFa8

Visual Studio Code

• Download the windows installer from https://code.visualstudio.com/
• Run the installer once downloaded
• Follow the installation steps

Node.js

• Download the windows LTS installer from https://nodejs.org/en/download/
• Run the installer once downloaded
• Follow the installation steps
• Open the windows command prompt (search for cmd)
• Verify that node is installed by running node --version. The node version (e.g. v12.16.0) should be returned.

Yarn

• Download the windows installer from https://classic.yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install/#windows-stable
• Run the installer once downloaded
• Follow the installation steps
• Open the windows command prompt (search for cmd)
• Verify that yarn is installed by running yarn --version. The yarn version (e.g.v1.22.0) should be returned.

MacOS

A video of the setup process has been recorded for you if you get stuck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntv5XS4NBfU

We will use homebrew to install all of the software for mac. Install homebrew by pasting the following command into the terminal (spotlight and search for terminal).

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Visual Studio Code

• Run the following command in the terminal

brew cask install visual-studio-code

Node.js

• Run the following command in the terminal

brew install node

• Verify that node is installed by running node --version. The node version (e.g. v12.16.0) should be returned.

Yarn

• Run the following command in the terminal

brew install yarn

• Verify that yarn is installed by running yarn --version. The yarn version (e.g. v1.22.0) should be returned.