React + Material-UI + Firebase

This project is an application skeleton for a typical React project. With Create React App at its core, you can use it to bootstrap your projects and development environment with the same tooling. It comes bundled with Material-UI, Firebase and React Router.

Features

• Bootstrapped with Create React App, the same tooling works out-of-the-box
• Scaffolding incorporates Google Material Design principles through Material-UI
• Built on top of Firebase with Analytics, Authentication, Cloud Firestore, Cloud Functions, Storage and Performance Monitoring working from the start
• Robust routing with React Router including error handling
• Extensive mobile support with full-screen dialogs and react-swipeable-views for tabs

Demo

The demo is using the master branch, which houses the latest version of the template.

https://phoqe.me/react-material-ui-firebase

Get started

The project is up and running after just 4 commands.

Clone the repository

The command git clone is a Git command-line utility which is used to target an existing repository and create a clone, or copy of the target repository. The <directory> option is the name of a new directory to clone into, replace it with your project’s name. The “humanish” part of the source repository is used if no directory is explicitly given (repo for /path/to/repo.git and foo for host.xz:foo/.git).

git clone https://github.com/phoqe/react-material-ui-firebase.git <directory>

Install the dependencies

The command cd, also known as chdir (change directory), is a command-line OS shell command used to change the current working directory. The <directory> option is the name of the new working directory, replace it with your project’s name.

cd <directory>

The command yarn install is a Yarn command-line utility which is used to install all dependencies for a project. This is most commonly used when you have just checked out code for a project, or when another developer on the project has added a new dependency that you need to pick up.

yarn install

Run the app

The command yarn start is another Yarn command-line utility which is used to run the app in development mode. Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in the browser. The page will automatically reload if you make changes to the code. You will see the build errors and lint warnings in the console.

yarn start

Create a Firebase project

1. In the Firebase console, click Add project, then select or enter a Project name. If you have an existing Google Cloud Platform (GCP) project, you can select the project from the dropdown menu to add Firebase resources to that project.
2. (Optional) If you created a new project, you can edit the Project ID. Firebase automatically assigns a unique ID to your Firebase project. Visit Understand Firebase Projects to learn about how Firebase uses the project ID.
3. Click Continue.
4. (Optional) Set up Google Analytics for your project. When prompted, select to use an existing Google Analytics account or to create a new account. If you choose to create a new account, select your Analytics reporting location, then accept the data sharing settings and Google Analytics terms for your project.
5. Click Create project (or Add Firebase, if you’re using an existing GCP project).

Create a Cloud Firestore database

1. From the console’s navigation pane, select Database, then click Create database for Cloud Firestore.
2. Select a starting mode for your Cloud Firestore Security Rules. Test mode is good for getting started with the mobile and web client libraries, but allows anyone to read and overwrite your data. After testing, make sure to review the Secure your data section. Locked mode denies all reads and writes from mobile and web clients. Your authenticated application servers (C#, Go, Java, Node.js, PHP, Python, or Ruby) can still access your database. To get started with the C#, Go, Java, Node.js, PHP, Python, or Ruby server client library, select locked mode.
3. Select a location for your database. This location setting is your project’s default Google Cloud Platform (GCP) resource location. Note that this location will be used for GCP services in your project that require a location setting, specifically, your default Cloud Storage bucket and your App Engine app (which is required if you use Cloud Scheduler). If you aren’t able to select a location, then your project already has a default GCP resource location. It was set either during project creation or when setting up another service that requires a location setting.
4. Click Done.

Deploy Cloud Firestore Security Rules

1. Open the Rules tab in the Cloud Firestore section of the Firebase console.
2. Copy the contents of the firestore.rules file in your project and paste it into the online editor.
3. Click Publish.

Create a default Storage bucket

1. From the navigation pane of the Firebase console, select Storage, then click Get started.
2. Review the messaging about securing your Storage data using security rules. During development, consider setting up your rules for public access.
3. Select a location for your default Storage bucket. This location setting is your project’s default Google Cloud Platform (GCP) resource location. Note that this location will be used for GCP services in your project that require a location setting, specifically, your Cloud Firestore database and your App Engine app (which is required if you use Cloud Scheduler). If you aren’t able to select a location, then your project already has a default GCP resource location. It was set either during project creation or when setting up another service that requires a location setting. If you’re on the Blaze plan, you can create multiple buckets, each with its own location.
4. Click Done.

Deploy Storage Security Rules

1. Open the Rules tab in the Storage section of the Firebase console.
2. Copy the contents of the storage.rules file in your project and paste it into the online editor.
3. Click Publish.

Register your app with Firebase

1. In the center of the Firebase console’s project overview page, click the Web icon to launch the setup workflow. If you’ve already added an app to your Firebase project, click Add app to display the platform options.
2. Enter your app’s nickname. This nickname is an internal, convenience identifier and is only visible to you in the Firebase console.
3. (Optional) Set up Firebase Hosting for your web app. You can set up Firebase Hosting now or later. You can also link your Firebase Web App to a Hosting site at any time in your Project settings. If you choose to set up Hosting up now, select a site from the dropdown list to link to your Firebase Web App. This list displays your project’s default Hosting site and any other sites that you’ve set up in your project. Any site that you’ve already linked to a Firebase Web App is unavailable for additional linking. Each Hosting site can only be linked to a single Firebase Web App.
4. Click Register app.

Attribution

Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License.

Shoutouts

Logo	Name	Description
	JetBrains	The maintainers use JetBrains’ tools to maintain and develop new features for the project. Their Open Source Support Program gives us the ability to use their tools for free to improve upon this project.
	BrowserStack	BrowserStack is being used for its powerful suite of testing tools. With it we can test the project on multiple devices and browsers in real-time.

License

React + Material-UI + Firebase is open-source software licensed as MIT.