Setup

May 22, 2020

Gatsby

First, I needed a website to experiment on. Recently, I started with React, and I have heard a lot of good things about GatsbyJS. It also provides easy integration with Netlify CMS, so I am able to write new blog posts from the browser without having to add Markdown files to the repo manually. Let’s go with Gatsby blog then!

The setup is extremely simple. Just follow the instructions on how to get stated with gatsby-personal-starter-blog.

Coil

To be able to test my work, I need to be able to send payments. Currently, only provider of this service is Coil. So the choice is pretty obvious. Coil generously provides all hackathon participants with 3 months free trial. After registration, all what is left is installation of the [Chrome extension] (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/coil/locbifcbeldmnphbgkdigjmkbfkhbnca).

Uphold

To be able to receive payments, I need to have an ILP-enabled wallet. ILP stands for Interledger Protocol. I have chosen Uphold as it does not have any fees and supports many withdrawal currencies.

With all this set-up, let’s start building the app!

Created by Petr Janík, a student of informatics in Brno, Czech Republic and a huge fan of web development. Follow me Twitter

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