Prerequisites

License Requirements​

You can develop live apps if your company uses any of these products:

• Quip Plus; or
• Quip Advanced; or
• Lightning Experience in Enterprise, Professional, Performance, Unlimited, or Developer editions.

Intended Audience​

To develop a live app, you must know how to code in either TypeScript or JavaScript for React. Here are some learning resources to get you started:

• TypeScript: Handbook - Basic Types
• ES6 for Everyone—The best way to learn modern ES6 JavaScript
• The Modern JavaScript Tutorial
• React for Beginners

Log in to Your Quip Account​

You must have a Quip account and access to a Quip site. Make sure you can log into your account on quip.com.

After confirming that you can access Quip, log into the Live Apps Developer Console with the same account.

Set up the Environment​

For the Live Apps API, set up the following environment.

1. Install Node.js version 6 or later and npm version 3 or later. npm is automatically installed with Node.js.

2. Install the Quip CLI package by running the command:

   npm install -g quip-cli