Creating your first Firebase application

To get started with Firebase, you will need to sign up and log in using their website: https://firebase.google.com/.

Go to the Firebase console (by clicking on GO TO CONSOLE), and then click on the Add project button:

You will then be asked some details, after which your new project should be created (and show up in this panel, such as the sensor-project project that is already created)

You can explore your project's console and take a look at the various features and add-ons that Firebase provides:

Installing the Firebase CLI

The Firebase CLI tools help us actually deploy and launch our code. To install the firebase CLI, run the command:

npm install -g firebase-tools

To test...