Detailed instructions on how to build and run
Step 1: download XAMPP for a live web server XAMPP download 1 XAMP download 2
Step 2: Download all files from repository and place them into a folder called cryptotracker
Step 3: Put all files here inside the folder for xampp\htdocs:
C:\xampp\htdocs\cryptotracker
Note:
Does not matter what the folder name is. Just create a folder inside the xampp htdocs
Step 4: Make sure to open and run xampp, click on/start apache service
Step 5: path to a local host so the website can run:
http://localhost/cryptotracker/home.php?name=home
Note that there needs to be a tag like ?name=home because that is the home page if it is just /home.php nothing will show up because it is not the home page.
This is how the page would look like:
Features and technology used:
- Uses php, html, css, javascript to create a live website that tracks data from two apis
- Specifcally parses through JSON data from apis and display the information on a website