aloecollectv

A self hosted web3 nft collectibles market

Usage

Create a .env file, create and update parameters as seen below

Environemt Key	Description	Example
NODE_ENV	Node environment	development
PORT	Node server port	5000
PRIVATE_KEYS	Ethereum wallet private keys	8da4ef21b864d2cc526dbdb2a120bd2874c36c9d0a1fb7f8c63d7f7a8b41de8f
INFURA_ID	Infura account id	7e40f09ch714db5s9061bcc95e58c72

Stack

• ERC721 - ERC721 token standard (Non Fungible Tokens)
• Metamask Wallet - Metamask wallet
• Truffle - Development framework
• NextJS - Frontend framework
• Redux - State management
• Solidiy - Smart contract language
• Ganache - Local blockchain network
• Web3 - Library to interact with ethereum nodes
• JavaScript - Logic for minting tokens and testing smart contracts
• Typescript - Language used with frontend framework
• Infura - Connection to ethereum networks

Installation

• Install truffle globally

npm i -g truffle

• If you opt to use ganache cli rather than the ganache gui, install the cli globally

npm i -g ganache-cli

• Run ganache-cli in different terminal and keep running

ganache-cli

• Install ipfs

npm i -g ipfs

• Run ipfs

jsipfs daemon

• Change directory into the project and install dependencies

npm i

Migrating contracts and testing locally

• Compile the contract

npm run compile

• Test the contract

npm run test

• Migrate contract

npm run migrate:dev

• Mint tokens

npm run mint:dev

• Start application locally

npm run start