Firebase Hosting

After successfully logging in and creating your security token you can initialise the application to connect to your Firebase project as follows:

  1. Choose the INIT button; this will call the Firebase CLI and you will be presented with a dark screen. Choose proceed and in the following screen use the to select the option for hosting.
    fb cli start
  2. You will be asked to select an existing project and you should see the one you have created as the default in the list.
    fb cli hosting
  3. The next step is to enter the name of the folder you will use for your public directory. Our default is WebFolder.
    fb cli select
  4. Confirm your selection and the Firebase application will close and you will be returned to our application which will confirm the setup of the project.
    fb cli webfolder
  5. After the project is initialised you will see the two default Google domain names in the preferences page. For example https://youdojam.web.app/
    prefs init success
  6. You can now deploy your files to Google which will upload synchronise your content to the Firebase delivery network

Firebase can be confusing to the first-time user because you cannot actually view the individual files you have deployed. This is by design and firebase shows you a history of the deployment and the number of files on your system.