souravchoudhary/online-marketplace

Online Marketplace

This is a sample project written in Solidity programming language. The project is e-commerce store running on the ethereum network.

Installing

1. Install nodejs (which includes npm).


2. Install Truffle Framework.
   $ npm install -g truffle


3. Install Ganache CLI.
   $ npm install -g ganache-cli


4. Clone this repository locally


5. Open console in the project folder and install all dependencies.
   $ npm install


6. Start local blockchain
   $ ganache-cli


7. Install Metamask extension in your browser.


8. Connect to the blockchain in Metamask with "Custom RPC" option and paste the url that ganache-cli listens. The host and port in truffle-config.js must match that url.


9. Copy the mnemonic that ganache-cli generates in the console and import account in Metamask


10. Migrate contracts
    $ truffle migrate


11. Start dev server
    $ npm run dev


12. The first account in metamask is the owner of the contract