2.P: Full-Stack App (Firebase)
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Build an Application in a group of 2 or 3 that solves a problem you have using React and Firebase. Feel free to use any 3rd-party libraries and Firebase features beyond the ones we have learnt. In this project we are utilising Firebase a rudimentary backend and as a database.
This project must be a Frontend React Application that utilises React as well as Firebase products, including Realtime Database, Storage, and Authentication.
Complexity:
Application has at least 2 levels of components eg: App component and 1 or more child components
Application demonstrates the capability to lift up state
Application is required to persist data utilising Firebase Realtime Database (or an alternative like Firebase Firestore)
Application must able to store files utilising Firebase Storage
Application must contain an authentication system that leverages Firebase Authentication
Application must contain multiple pages this can be implemented with React Router
Application must contain at least 1 request to an external API using Axios or Fetch
Application is organised as well as structured, it follows practices of component separation and has a good folder structure
The code is easy to comprehend and read
The Application contains meaningful variable and function names
Application contains components that can be reused
The Application preforms well without unwarranted rendering
The Application's code follows consistent coding conventions, regarding indentations and formatting
Git repository contains commits for each feature with descriptive commit messages
Application contains a README with the applications description, user stories and low-fidelity wireframes
The README contains instructions on how to run the application
The group worked as a cohesive team to compelte the project
Every group member must contribute at least 1 feature into the Application
As before, try to find an idea that solves a problem you have. Now that we can persist data with Firebase and send HTTP requests to arbitrary APIs, there is virtually no limit to the type of app we can build. Be realistic about the scope of your project: 1 polished feature that solves a common or important problem is more valuable than many scrappy features of lower value.
While brainstorming ideas, visualise how you might present the project to a prospective employer. Is this project impressive because it solves an unaddressed problem? Because it is technically well-done? Because of the thoughtfulness of its UX?
Some APIs and libraries we can consider:
You will have roughly 8 course days to complete this project. We will observe the following timeline to keep us on track.
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Ideation phase 1
Post project ideas in Slack for feedback
SL to review ideas and share feedback
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Ideation phase 2 Create planning docs: user stories, wireframes, kanban board
SL to review planning docs and share feedback
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Start implementation
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MVP deadline Users can complete the primary user story
SL to review code in GitHub, share feedback
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Feature freeze
No new features, focus on polishing existing features and code to be presentable
SL to review progress and share post-feature-freeze suggestions
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Project presentations
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Have 1 person create a GitHub repo and invite other team members as collaborators
For each task in the kanban board, create a new feature branch from main
. Name the branch after the task. When the task is done, push the feature branch to GitHub, create a pull request (PR) and merge the code into main
from the PR in GitHub.
main
to feature branchTeam members will merge code to main
regularly and we will want to incorporate those changes in our feature branch to ensure compatibility with main
. Rocket recommends this operation before merging to main
to test merge results on feature branch instead of main
.
Save & commit all changes on the current (non-main
) feature branch. Pull latest changes to main
with git pull origin main
.
Merge main
to feature branch with git merge main
while on feature branch
Resolve any conflicts on feature branch. Follow instructions in console, using git status
to see what steps are needed.
main
After committing changes and verifying our feature branch is compatible with main
, we will merge our changes to main
for our teammates to use.
Push feature branch to GitHub with git push
, then create a PR to merge feature branch with main
on GitHub.
After merging PR in GitHub, run git pull origin main
to get latest main
branch changes from GitHub.
Delete feature branch locally with git branch -d <FEATURE-BRANCH-NAME>
Delete feature branch on GitHub with git push origin --delete <FEATURE-BRANCH-NAME>
Merge conflicts happen when Git is unsure how to merge 2 versions of a file. To resolve a merge conflict, use git status
to find which files have conflicts, resolve the conflicts in each file by editing it to be what it should be, and run git commit
to complete the merge. We can reduce the chance of merge conflicts by communicating often with our team and merging latest changes from main
to our feature branch regularly.
Submit a pull request to Rocket's Project 2 repo
Add your Project 2 repo link to the Rocket Bootcamp Projects spreadsheet in your batch-specific sheet shared by your SL.
Code the foundation of the app together before splitting up to code individual features. This will reduce merge conflicts and help everyone gain a common understanding of how the app should work.
Implement the primary user story first. What are users coming to your app to do? Ensure they are able to accomplish that before adding authentication and nice-to-have features.
The Application follows the correct naming, casing and commenting
Application has been deployed with
Practise to others. Other batches will join and we will celebrate each others' hard work.
SL to review code in GitHub, share feedback in 30-minute
Demo video Record a for employers and the public, embed in README
In addition to user story, wireframe and kanban board, now that we have a database (DB), Rocket recommends we plan the DB schema before starting. Our DB schema will change during app development, but planning ahead can reduce the number of changes. Rocket recommends we revise the before starting, and reviewing the if we plan to use Firestore.
Start by forking that contains an empty CRA app. This will make it easier for SLs to review your code via pull requests.
Rocket recommends deploying to as per ViteJs official docs because Firebase Hosting allows for client-side routing.