srdjan / clob

A toy trading application

Toy Spacerocks Trading Application

A full stack application, using React for the frontend and NodeJS for services, implements a simple trading marketplace for spacerocks! :) It accepts orders via an REST API via the UI client and publishes realtime updates to all looged in clients as the orderbook state changes.

Installation

API

1. Start by cloning the repo locally and navigate to newly created folder:

git clone https://github.com/srdjan/clob.git   
cd clob

2. Next, for API development change directory to ./api, install dependencies and build the project:

cd api/
npm install
npm run build

3. On a succesful build, try running tests:

npm run test:unit

for unit tests, or:

npm run test:accept

for acceptance tests.

UI

For UI development change directory to ./ui, install dependencies and build the project:

cd ui
npm install
npm start

To run the application

Use two different command shells. First start the services:

[clob]> cd api
[clob/api]> npm start

... and then the frontend:

[clob/api]> cd ../ui
[clob/ui]> npm start