Blockchain

Backend

Activate virtualenv

Create a virtual environment called blockchain. Then execute:

source .virtualenvs/blockchain/bin/activate

Install dependencies

Make sure that the virtual environment is activated. From the backend directory:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Run tests

Make sure that the virtual environment is activated. From the backend directory:

To run the complete tests suite execute:

tox

To run a particular test case execute:

python -m unittest tests.<tests_directory>.<test_file>.<test_case>

Run application

Make sure that the virtual environment is activated. Start several application instances in localhost. From the backend directory in different terminals:

python -m src.bin.www -ap 5000 -pp 6000
python -m src.bin.www -ap 5001 -pp 6001 -n "ws://127.0.0.1:6000"
python -m src.bin.www -ap 5002 -pp 6002 -n "ws://127.0.0.1:6000, ws://127.0.0.1:6001"

where
ap = api port
pp = p2p server port
n = already known p2p nodes uris