Start Up Guide
There are some different components needed for running this application.
Ganache CLI
Python3 & Python Virtual Env (for instantiating chaincode)
NodeJS v10.20.1+ (for React FrontEnd)
Chrome with Metamask Extension
Step-By-Step Start Up
- 1. ganache-cli -e 100000
- 2. Choose a private key displayed when ganache starts up, add this as an imported account in the metamask plugin (gives you ether for the local blockchain)
- 2. Inside smart contracts folder, start python virtual env
- 3. Install requirements (Solidity 0.5.12 compiler is also needed) and run python start_up.py
- 4. This will output a contract address. This needs to be added to the file web/src/Middleware/SmartContractABI in the variable EVENT_CONTRACT_ADDRESS
- 5. Move to the web folder. Run npm start. This will bring up the web Front End.
- 6. Create Events and test the application. You can switch metamask accounts to mimic behaviour between multiple users
Additional Information
There is a python flask application that can be used for debugging chaincode functionality. This can be run using python app.py 8080