Code a Discord Bot with TypeScript - Host for Free in the Cloud

Learn how to code a Discord bot using TypeScript and host it for free in the cloud using Heroku.

Special thanks to Retool for sponsoring this video. You can try Retool for free here: https://retool.com/

Course contents: 00:00 Intro 00:30 What we are building 02:10 Bot architecture overview 03:19 Create a NodeJS project 03:56 Set the NodeJS version for the project 04:31 Install the dependencies 06:39 Setup TypeScript 07:22 Set up TypeScript with hot reload 08:22 Set up a Git repo 09:03 Discord configuration 11:33 Load the configuration 13:03 Define the basic Discord bot 15:04 Register your first Discord bot command 17:38 Run your bot 17:59 Add support for multiple commands 20:15 Add the /help command 27:48 Set up Firebase Firestore 28:20 Connect your bot to Firebase 29:08 Save tickets in the Firestore 30:49 Create the bot admin panel 32:15 Connect Retool to Firebase 33:27 Fetch the tickets in the admin panel 34:39 Add the conversations window 37:28 Create the messages REST API 45:56 Deploy your Discord bot to Heroku 46:35 Connect admin panel to REST API 52:04 Test the bot manually 52:59 Outro ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4MXfU9kOPo