--- title: Firebase Crash Course (Auth & Firestore) #2 - Email &... description: A beginner-friendly walkthrough of setting up Firebase email and password authentication in a front-end application. Covers enabling the auth service in the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/firebase-crash-course-auth-firestore-2---email-password-authentication-brnowjks1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Firebase Crash Course (Auth & Firestore) #2 - Email & Password Authentication | daily.dev og:description: A beginner-friendly walkthrough of setting up Firebase email and password authentication in a front-end application. 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Covers enabling the auth service in the Firebase dashboard, initializing it with the Firebase SDK, and implementing sign-up functionality using the createUserWithEmailAndPassword function inside an async try/catch block. Demonstrates how Firebase handles credential verification and returns a JWT, and shows how to retrieve the newly created user object after successful registration. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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