rein-boilerplate
A baseline boilerplate for generating an decentralized application with React, Express, IPFS, and Node.
The app's frontend is built into a single file, served by the backend Smart contracts can be deployed via Truffle.
Table of Contents
Getting Started
Prerequisites
- Homebrew (Mac OS) or Chocolatey (Windows)
- Node.js
- npm
- IPFS
Clone this repository and navigate to its root, then do the following (based on your operating systeem):
Windows
Chocolatey
First, download Chocolatey. Follow the instructions here.
Node.js
Then, install the Node.js package.
cinst nodejs.install
npm
Afterward, confirm that npm was installed.
npm --version
Your output should look something like:
7.5.0
IPFS
Use Chocolatey to install IPFS.
cinst ipfs
Now we need to intalize "the repository," a directory in which IPFS stores all its settings. Do this in your home directory.
ipfs init
Mac OS
Homebrew
First, download Homebrew via the Terminal.
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
Then, check your system to ensure that Homebrew has installed without problems.
brew doctor
If not, be sure to follow the fixes that brew doctor suggests.
After that, run a fetch for the latest version of Homebrew (just in case).
brew update
Node.js
With Homebrew we can install Node.js. First, install the formula.
brew install node
Then, run a fetch for the latest version of Node.js (just in case).
brew update node
npm
Confirm that npm was installed.
npm --version
Your output should look something like:
7.5.0
IPFS
brew install ipfs
Now we need to intalize "the repository," a directory in which IPFS stores all its settings. Do this in your home directory.
ipfs init
Installing
npm install