Slate

Slate is a way to share Filecoin and Files with friends.

High fidelity concept (May 23rd, 2020)

Current prototype (June 15th, 2020)

Developer Introduction

We are building this product out in the open. As a developer you are welcome to take everything and anything. You are also welcome to contribute however you please.

This is an example of how to use the Filecoin Network on a Lotus DevNet. It uses Textile's Powergate and Aaron Sutula's work with the JavaScript/TypeScript Powergate Client.

Also included:

• DevNet storage deals with miners.
• Local library management, you can share it with others too.
• Local powergate authentication token management.
• Image file preview.
• Send filecoin between wallet addresses, create new addresses.
• Update your default settings.
• The beginning of an open source design system.
• A kitchen sink example for most JavaScript Powergate calls using async and await. If you need to see all of the possible functions, look here.
• An example of using Inter.

Coming soon:

• Many more features.
• Electron wrapper and binaries.

Run locally (MacOS)

These steps will guide you through running the client.

Satisfy dependency requirements

• Make sure you have homebrew.
• Make sure you run xcode-select -p, if the command does not return a response, run xcode-select --install.
• Make sure you run brew install node.
• Make sure you run brew install go.

Setup Docker

• brew install docker.
• Install Docker for Desktop if you are running MacOS.

Setup Lotus DevNet and Powergate

• Clone the Lotus DevNet repository.
• Run docker run --name texdevnet -e TEXLOTUSDEVNESPEED=1500 -p 1234:7777 textile/lotus-devnet.
• Clone Powergate.
• Follow the instructions and run the commands in the README.md file:

cd docker
make devnet

Install and run

Run these commands to start the client locally. You may need to wait a small period of time for both of the Docker instances to complete running first.

git clone git@github.com:filecoin-project/slate.git
cd slate
npm install
npm run dev

Example of what to expect

• Visit localhost:1337 in the browser.
• If you see the design system page instead, that means a token was not properly generated in the .data folder. Run npm run dev again.
• Note — If you restart the server, it clears all your local files. You can disable this by modifying the code in server.js.
• Note — There will be new commands in the future for different contexts, like electron.

Get involed.

Do you want to...

• Help us build a design system for internal use?
• Help us build out this example so every partner in the ecosystem can have example code to work with?

Then...

• If you see things you want to work on, file an issue!
• If you see something you want to fix, submit a PR!
• I'm always available on Twitter to answer your questions: @wwwjim.
• For any build questions feel free to reach out to Colin: cs.mccaleb@gmail.com