Initialize Firebase Cloud Functions

Explore the process of initializing Firebase Cloud Functions in a web project using TypeScript. Understand how to configure event-based triggers like onCreate, onUpdate, onDelete, and onWrite for Cloud Firestore. Learn to manage dependencies and set Node.js engine configurations for deployment.

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Let’s remember the best practice, which is to create a new branch:

git switch -c event-based-triggers

To start, you have to first login to Firebase. Navigate to services/web/firebase and execute the following command:

npm run firebase:login

And then initialize Firebase Cloud Functions in services/web/firebase:

./node_modules/.bin/firebase init functions

The wizard asks whether you ...

1.Introduction

2.Create a GitHub Project Using Monorepo Template

3.Set Up Backend Using Sapper Template

4.Host Your Web App on Firebase

5.Set Up The Continuous Deployment Pipeline

6.Local Development

7.Feature Toggles

8.Production Monitoring & Rollbacks

9.Testing

10.Tailwind CSS

11.User Authentication

12.Database - Cloud Firestore

13.Firebase Local Emulator Suite

14.Trigger Services Based on Events

15.Final Tasks

16.What's Next?

Initialize Firebase Cloud Functions

Initialization