WhatsApp Remix

Demo https://monty-src.github.io/whatsapp-remix

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Technologies
• Setup
• NPM Build

Overview

This repository is part of the monty-src/remix series, and contains a WhatsApp clone built using Typescript, NextJS, Styled Components and Firebase.

Technologies

Typescript

a superset of Javascript that adds optional static typing and other features to the language.

https://www.typescriptlang.org/

NextJS

a popular React framework for building srver-rendered applications and static websites.

https://nextjs.org/

Firebase

@mui/material

Styled Components

Setup

Clone repository

git clone https://github.com/monty-src/whatsapp-remix.git

https://firebase.google.com/

1. Click Create a project.
2. Enter project name whatsapp-remix
3. Disable Google Analytics for your Firebase project
4. Contine
5. Click Sidebar > Authentication > Sign-in method
6. Click Google
7. Click Enable
8. Populate Project support email
9. Click Project Overview > Gear > Project Settings
10. Click </> under Your apps
11. App nickname whatsapp-remix
12. Click Register app

Will produce the following artifact.

const firebaseConfig = {
  apiKey: "WHATSAPP_REMIX_FIREBASE_API_KEY",
  authDomain: "WHATSAPP_REMIX_FIREBASE_AUTH_DOMAIN",
  projectId: "WHATSAPP_REMIX_FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID",
  storageBucket: "WHATSAPP_REMIX_FIREBASE_STORAGE_BUCKET",
  messagingSenderId: "WHATSAPP_REMIX_FIREBASE_MESSAGING_SENDER_ID",
  appId: "WHATSAPP_REMIX_FIREBASE_APP_ID",
};

Create .env.local

1. Change Directory into whatsapp-remix
2. Create .env.local

WHATSAPP_REMIX_FIREBASE_API_KEY={WHATSAPP_REMIX_FIREBASE_API_KEY}
WHATSAPP_REMIX_FIREBASE_AUTH_DOMAIN={WHATSAPP_REMIX_FIREBASE_AUTH_DOMAIN}
WHATSAPP_REMIX_FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID={WHATSAPP_REMIX_FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID}
WHATSAPP_REMIX_FIREBASE_STORAGE_BUCKET={WHATSAPP_REMIX_FIREBASE_STORAGE_BUCKET}
WHATSAPP_REMIX_FIREBASE_MESSAGING_SENDER_ID={WHATSAPP_REMIX_FIREBASE_MESSAGING_SENDER_ID}
WHATSAPP_REMIX_FIREBASE_APP_ID={WHATSAPP_REMIX_FIREBASE_APP_ID}

Create Database

1. Go to https://firebase.google.com/
2. Click Create database
3. Click Start in production mode
4. Click Next
5. Click Cloud Firestore location
6. Click Enable
7. Click Start collection
8. Populate users
9. Click Next
10. Click Auto-ID
11. Click Save

NPM Install

npm i

NPM Build

npm run dev