firebase-forum

Lightweight, performant discussion forum built with Svelte, Firebase, Firestore lite using yarn 2 workspaces. The goal is to build a fully functional discussion forum using Firebase.

DEMO

Features

• Svelte
• Vite bundler
  • Code splitting + Lazy loading
• firestore-lite
  • Cached data bundles
    • Working single bundle version - WIP
• Firebase authentication
  • Google sign in/out
• Firebase emulator setup + mocked data for quick local development
• Materialize CSS
• Forum
  • Log in/out
  • Create threads - logged in users
  • Add comments - logged in users

Screenshot

Install & Setup

Required

1. Firestore setup & security overview
2. git clone https://github.com/NazimHAli/firebase-forum.git
3. yarn install
4. Firebase environment variables
   • Should have these veriables after completing the first step
   • Copy .env.example to .env.local

Optional

1. Setup Firebase emulator suite
   • Contains mock data to help get started
2. yarn buildall
3. Console 1 - yarn emu
4. Console 2 - yarn dev

Deployment - any static host

1. Firebase hosting
   • firebase deploy --only hosting
2. Vercel - DEMO

TODO

• Live collection subscriptions
• Cache data bundles - WIP
• Modify comments
• Modify threads
• Figure out a good theming architecture/workflow

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