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 This will start a hot-reloading dev server. Click on the link that it outputs to open in your browser.
 
+### Running the Firebase emulator
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+Install firebase CLI [as described here](https://firebase.google.com/docs/emulator-suite/install_and_configure).
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+Run `firebase emulators:start` from the `firebase-functions/functions` directory.
+Redirect function calls to this emulator by uncommenting the call to `useFunctionsEmulator` in [firebase.js](firebase.js).
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 ## Deploy to testing site at GitHub pages
 
 Pushes to master automatically deploy to <https://cioos-siooc.github.io/metadata-entry-form/>