Lightning Coindesk

A tutorial news app exemplifying Lightning Network micropayments integration.

Features a production-ready configuration for Heroku.

Setup

Set up your virtual environment

mkdir ln-coindesk && cd ln-coindesk

virtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python2.7 deskenv
source deskenv/bin/activate

git clone https://github.com/MaxFangX/lightning-coindesk
cd lightning-coindesk

pip install -r requirements.txt

Run your local app!

python manage.py createsuperuser
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py runserver

View the Lightning Coindesk app at localhost:8000

Deployment to Heroku

git init
git add -A
git commit -m "Initial commit"

heroku create
git push heroku master

heroku run python manage.py migrate

See also, a ready-made application, ready to deploy.

License: MIT