About The Project

A personal website hosted on the blockchain.

The URL to deploy to is here: https://n5znu-6iaaa-aaaag-aatoa-cai.ic0.app

Chain deployed to: IC

Description

Stack description

• JavaScript

• Svelte

  Tools for building UI.

• tailwind CSS

  CSS Frameworks.

• dfx

  Tools to create, deploy and manage Dapps to be developed on IC.

Directory structure

• src/

  • assets/

    Contains images used for the website

  • lib/

    Contains the components that make up the website.

    • About.svelte: Compose the profile section.
    • Footer.svelte: Compose the footer.
    • Home.svelte: Compose the home.
    • Nav.svelte: Compose the navigation bar. Contains in-page links to HOME, ABOUT ME, and PORTFOLO.
    • Portfolio.svelte: Compose the portfolio. URL to the official UNCHAIN site is used as a dummy.

  • App.svelte

    The main component of the application. This file imports the svelte file in the lib/.

  • main.js

    Files to be loaded directly into index.html. Import App.svelte and app.css.

• canister_ids.json

  A configuration file mapping the name and ID of deployed canisters. Generated when the command dfx deploy is executed.

• dfx.json

  Configuration file for building a project for the Internet Computer Blockchain.

• postcss.config.cjs, tailwind.config.cjs

  tailwind CSS configuration file

Code walk-through

Canister setup

Describe in a dfx.json file.

{
  "canisters": {
    "website": {
      "type": "assets",
      "source": ["dist"]
    }
  }
}

• "website" is the name you give to the canister.

  ex) When looking up the ID of a canister

  dfx canister --network ic id website

• "type": specifies the type of canister.

• "source": specifies the directory to be used for static assets.

References

Internet Computer

• Hosting a Static Website on the Internet Computer
• Deploy a "Hello World" Dapp in 10 Minutes
• Network deployment

Svelte

• docs