Setup

1) Before all else

Ensure these ports are not occupied:

• 3000 (frontend)
• 4000 (if use offline backend)
• 9000 (if use offline backend)

Then run these commands in the terminal

# in main directory
npm install

2) Backend

Choose one: Offline or Online. You cannot select both!

Offline

firebase emulators:start

Do these steps before starting frontend:

1. Ensure its running on port 4000
2. Go to localhost:4000/database/is4261/data
3. Click ... for more options, then click import JSON
4. Browse for JSON file at ./Firebase/is4261-default-rtdb-export.json
5. Click import
6. End offline database

Online

# do the following and nothing more

1. Check and verify firebaseConfig details in ./Firebase/firebaseConfig
2. Ensure access to google services (google.com)
3. End online database

3) Frontend

1. Ensure its running in port 3000
2. Then go to localhost:3000

# in main directory
npm start

4) Done

You are done with setup!

Troubleshooting for developers

# Offline Firebase setup
npm i -g firebase-tools
firebase --version
firebase login
firebase init