Botchain client app

Botchain network client and wallet app for Windows, OS X and Linux.

Installation

If you want to install the app from a pre-built version on the release page, you can simply run the installer after download.

Development

Dependencies

• Electron react Boilerplate: https://github.com/chentsulin/electron-react-boilerplate
• React Bootstrap: https://react-bootstrap.github.io
• Ethereum Web3js: https://web3js.readthedocs.io/en/1.0/web3-eth.html
• Electron Builder: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder

Installation

yarn install

Run

yarn dev

Package

To package apps for the local platform: yarn package or yarn package-linux yarn package-win yarn package-all

Release and Auto-Update

NOTE: Apple dev account is required for signing build.(Auto-update will not work for unsigned app)

Note: GitHub personal access token is required. You can generate by going to https://github.com/settings/tokens/new. The access token should have the repo scope/permission!

Note: Electron-builder allow configure multiple build targets for the same platform. We used:

• MAC OS - .dmg
• Linux - AppImage
• Windows - NSIS

Release steps:

1. Commit new changes to master branch.
2. Upgrade build version in 'app/package.json'
3. Draft a new release at https://github.com/TallaBotChain/botchain-releases/releases. Set the “Tag version” to the value of version in your application package.json, and prefix it with v.
4. run yarn package-all
5. run GH_TOKEN=your_personal_token yarn release
6. publish release