Firebase

Emulator

Firebase emulators require Java To emulate Firebase functions, do npm install and npm run build in /functions

firebase emulators:start starts the emulators npm run local configures the frontend to use emulators and starts local development server

For data population: firebase emulators:start --export-on-exit=<data-directory>

Using data: firebase emulators:start --import=<data-directory>

Preview channels

Preview channels can be used to create a temporary URL for demo'ing new features. The links expire after a certain period of time, 7 days by default. If you re-deploy to a preview channel, the site will be updated and the expiration period will be extended.

npm run build:staging and firebase hosting:channel:deploy <channel-id> where <channel-id> can be a branch- or feature-name.