Creating Your First “To-Do” Item
Explore how to create and manage your first To-Do item in a Firebase Firestore database. Learn to initialize Firestore, set up real-time listeners, handle form submissions, and link data to user authentication. This lesson guides you through building a functional To-Do List app with secure data handling and immediate item display.
Enable Cloud Firestore #
Start by initializing Cloud Firestore in your project. When doing this, please remember that you need to set your security rules to test mode. This was covered in the second section of this course if you need a refresher. I will show you how to secure the database in the upcoming lesson Cloud Firestore security.