Ethereum UI

This is a work-in-progress user interface for the ethereum cryptocurrency and distrtibuted, trustless, computation platform.

Technical Details

The UI uses node-webkit as a base and Zend Foundation as a UI library. The current proposal is to use nodes child_process exec or spawn methods to send CLI input to ethereum clients. Currently there are 5,perhaps 6 cients, each with it's own blockchain, currently incompatible with the others. Clients:

• C++
• Go
• Python
• Mutang Compiler
• Serpent Compiler
• Ethereum JS library*

Project Directory Structure

-- app/  -> main files
-- csom/ -> source files for package manager dependy lists
-- vendor/ -> external libraries not available on bower or requiring manual selection
-- .bowerrc -> forces bower to install files in the root directory, prevents brunch fail
-- Cakefile -> Install/build/compile scripts
-- config.coffee -> brunch config
-- db/server.js -> old tryetherem db and server, useful as a template for CLI cmds

Quick-start

Install things

cake install

Compile and launch the node-webkit app

cake start

Good for dev, open index.html in public/, this watches the src and doesnt build the nw app

cake dev

License

MIT

Old Readme info

Try Ethereum with an online interface

Installation

You need nodejs, mongo-db and the coffeescript node module installed, the rest of the dependencies should take care of themselves.
If a build failure occurs, look in Cakefile, that's where all the tasks are.

http://nodejs.org/
http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/installation/
http://coffeescript.org/
Also install python 2.7.5+ if you don't have it.

Quickstart for *ubuntu systems:

sudo apt-get install nodejs && sudo npm install -g coffee-script
echo 'deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb.list  
sudo apt-get update  
sudo apt-get install mongodb-org=2.6.0 mongodb-org-server=2.6.0 mongodb-org-shell=2.6.0 mongodb-org-mongos=2.6.0 mongodb-org-tools=2.6.0  
sudo service mongod start  

Then get out of su and run:

sudo cake build  

You can also run "sudo cake -s build" to skip git cloning pyethereum and serpent and installing bower, git and pip

Note:

• If you get an error from the server related to pyethtool command not found
  Include the files in pyethereum/bin in your path or copy them to /usr/local/bin on ubuntu based OSs

• Sometimes mongo might get derpy.

sudo pkill -9 mongodb
sudo mongod --repair

Now you can run things from the cakefile again.

• Express might not close or release port 3000, you'll get a Error: listen EADDRINUSE

sudo fuser -k 3000/tcp

That should fix it.
Alternatively you could try

sudo cake fix:bugs

Compilation and launching the node-webkit application is currently a two step process.

sudo cake -s build
sudo cake start

TODO

• Hooks for c++ implementation install
• UI

May 28/2014

Planning on phasing out mongodb and switching to brunch as a build tool. Therefore install brunch

npm install brunch

For devs:

sudo cake [opts] cmd

sudo cake install -> installs pyethereum, serpent, converts JSON files, runs npm install

sudo cake -s install -> skips getting pyethereum and serpent

sudo cake start -> builds with brunch, zips and launches the nodewebkit possible options: -w -> watch for changes -n -> skip building, just launch the app

brunch w -> builds out public directory and watches app/ for changes, good for development, launch public/index.html in your browser, still no livereload, but easier to plug in.

sudo cake dev -> compiles app to public, watches public, watches cson folder for changes, installing npm/bower if detected. Good for development, view the app by opening public/index.html in your browser