It is a decentralized application (DApp) that emulate the functionality of youtube for authenticated user to upload and view own videos despite not having own libraries of other user video.
Component | Function | Classification |
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React | Front-end JavaScript library | front-end |
Metamask Wallet | Crypto wallet & DApp gateway | gateway-tool |
IPFS | P2P network for file storing and sharing in distributed file system | file database |
Ganache | Personal/local Ethereum Blockchain used to test smart contracts | blockchain |
Solidity | Object-oriented programming language for writing smart contracts | programming language |
Truffle | Development suite to manage blockchain developers' entire workflow | dev tools |
Web3.js | Collection of libraries that interact with a local/remote ethereum node using HTTP, IPC or WebSocket. | JS libraries |
Node.js | Open-source, cross-platform, back-end JavaScript runtime environment that runs on the V8 engine | framework |
NPM (Node Package Manageer) | Puts modules in place so that node can find them, and manages dependency conflicts | package manager |
NVM (Node Version Manager) | Allows quickly install and use different versions of node via the command line. | cli help tools |