Firebase Cloud Functions Setup Step 3

Installation and setup is identical for Mac, Windows, and Linux. The only requirement is NodeJS which is likely available on your system, but if not, install NVM https://github.com/creationix/nvm.

Install Node

Cloud functions in either Node 6 or 8, so it is recommended that you setup your local env with. For example, with NVM

nvm install 8
nvm use 8

Setup Cloud Functions

npm install firebase-tools -g

firebase login

firebase init functions

cd functions