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