Updated README.md

Author: maneesht

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-# dataconnect
+# Firebase Data Connect Quickstart
+
+## Introduction
+
+This quickstart is a movie review app to demonstrate the use of Firebase Data Connect with a Cloud SQL database. For more information about Firebase Data Connect visit [the docs](https://firebase.google.com/docs/data-connect/).
 
-A new Flutter project.
 
 ## Getting Started
 
-This project is a starting point for a Flutter application.
+Follow these steps to get up and running with Firebase Data Connect. For more detailed instructions, check out the [official documentation](https://firebase.google.com/docs/data-connect/quickstart).
+
+### 0. Prerequisites
+- Flutter 3.5.3 or above
+- Latest version of [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/)
+- The [Firebase Data Connect VS Code Extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GoogleCloudTools.firebase-dataconnect-vscode)
+
+### 1. Connect to your Firebase project
+
+1. If you haven't already, create a Firebase project.
+    1. In the [Firebase console](https://console.firebase.google.com), click
+        **Add project**, then follow the on-screen instructions.
+2. Install flutterfire:
+```sh
+dart pub global activate flutterfire_cli
+```
+### 2. Cloning the repository
+
+1. Clone this repository to your local machine:
+   ```sh
+   git clone https://github.com/firebase/quickstart-flutter.git
+   ```
+2. Configure flutterfire
+This will automatically download and set up firebase for your project:
+```sh
+flutterfire configure -y -a com.example.dataconnect
+```
+
+
+### 3. Open in Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
+
+1. Open the `quickstart-flutter/dataconnect` directory in VS Code.
+2. Click on the Firebase Data Connect icon on the VS Code sidebar to load the Extension.
+   a. Sign in with your Google Account if you haven't already.
+3. Click on "Connect a Firebase project" and choose the project where you have set up Data Connect.
+4. Click on "Start Emulators" - this should generate the Kotlin SDK for you and start the emulators.
+
+### 4. Populate the database
+In VS Code, open the `quickstart-flutter/dataconnect/dataconnect/moviedata_insert.gql` file and click the
+ `Run (local)` button at the top of the file.
 
-A few resources to get you started if this is your first Flutter project:
+If you’d like to confirm that the data was correctly inserted,
+open `quickstart-flutter/dataconnect/movie-connector/queries.gql` and run the `ListMovies` query.
 
-- [Lab: Write your first Flutter app](https://docs.flutter.dev/get-started/codelab)
-- [Cookbook: Useful Flutter samples](https://docs.flutter.dev/cookbook)
+### 5. Running the app
 
-For help getting started with Flutter development, view the
-[online documentation](https://docs.flutter.dev/), which offers tutorials,
-samples, guidance on mobile development, and a full API reference.
+Press the Run button in VS Code to run the sample app on your device.