Overview

DC-CLI is a command line wizard designed to smoothly download and deploy SDK elements for game development and deployment. The idea behind it is to reduce the number of similar manual operations (e.g. changing the same value at several points) and, subsequently, to reduce the risk of errors.

Note that you still have to install bankroller application to get a fully-fledged DAO.Casino development environment. Bankroller side is required to emulate the two-player process.

Prerequisites:

To use the DC-CLI, you need:

• one of the recent node.js versions (10 or newer)
• npm.js
• docker-compose (optional)

Note that the whole solution has been successfully tested on .nix OS's and Mac OS. It is supposed to be compatible with Windows, but no tests have been carried out so far. You may need to install additional applications.

Installation

To install the DC-CLI, call:

npm i -g dc-cli

Commands

DC_CLI offers a list (a menu) of commands; each is responsible for a specific stage of SDK setup. There is a recommended order of commands, but it can be revised at developer's discretion, also dc-cli commands can be used separately at further stages of SDK life-cycle (e.g. to reset the environment).

List

View the list of available Truffle templates (webpack is the default). Choose one for your project.

Create

Use this command to create your environment based on SDK example. Enter the command as follows (where myDapp stands for your local project folder).

dc-cli create daocasino/dc-sdk-example ./myDapp

Once complete, call DC-CLI again and move to the next command.
To view logs, either use the relevant DC-CLI command, or call: npm run logs:bankroller

Bankrollup

The second command is required to start the bankroller application in the selected network. 

Migrate

This command is required to configure smart contracts.

Start

This command starts the SDK browser console with a viable game example in it.
Use the console to navigate between files, edit game and contract logic.  When prompted whether to use docker containers, choose No. 

You can also start the console by calling: npm i & npm run start or yarn install & yarn start 

Stop

This command stops the environment correctly. If you close the console manually, docker container will go on running in the background.

Logs

Allows viewing performance logs of the environment.

Build

This command compiles your contract settings for Ropsten (or other supported blockchain network) and tests it using a range of predefined accounts and keys.

Deploy

This command publishes your contracts to ropsten and the game logic to IPFS.

Publish

Makes the game available at gamemarket. Whenever you call a command in the DC-CLI, you call package.json file. Acting as a "dashboard", the file, in turn, calls the relevant script to execute the selected command.

For detailed guidlines on the development process, please refer to the relevant section.