Customize email templates when using Firebase in React
Blog post from LogRocket
The tutorial provides a detailed guide on customizing email templates using Firebase Authentication, despite its limited built-in customization options, which are in place to prevent spam. Readers are instructed to set up an Express backend to handle the email sending process, leveraging the Firebase Admin SDK to generate email verification action links. The tutorial walks through setting up a React frontend, configuring the Firebase project, and using SendGrid to send transactional emails. Additionally, it explains creating an Express API to generate and send custom verification emails, using EJS templates for email content, and integrating these processes into a React application. The tutorial is aimed at users familiar with JavaScript, Firebase, and Express, and provides starter repositories for both the React and Express apps to focus on the customization topic, encouraging developers to enhance the visual coherence of their application emails.