DAML Studio in the web

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Hello everyone, there was a time where DAML smart contracts could be written in a web browser… I want to find out if this is still supported. Kind regards

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You are correct. For a while, there was a browser-based environment at https://webide.daml.com/. DA prioritized other work over continuing to operate and maintain that.

For what it is worth, I just did the following to setup Daml in a blank GitHub Codespace:

  1. On the GitHub website, create a new, Blank codespace.
  2. In the terminal run the following commands:
    a. curl -sSL https://get.daml.com/ | sh
    b. export PATH="$HOME/.daml/bin:$PATH"
    c. daml new first
  3. On the Extensions page, search for and install the Daml extension.
  4. From the hamburger menu, change the open folder using File → Open Folder → /workspaces/codespaces-blank/first
  5. Open the file daml/Main.daml.
  6. Click on the Script results link.

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Note that GitHub Codespaces does eventually charge you.

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Thank you so much. Everything works but the Scripts results link

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@A_PD, I find that the “Script results” link only appears if you set the VS Code folder to the folder with the daml.yaml file. In this case, that would be /workspaces/codespaces-blank/first. The “Script results” link will not appear if VS Code is open to /workspaces/codespaces-blank, for example.

Does that work for you? Or is something else going on?

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Thank you very much. I just tried a fresh setup and everything works fine

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Hi @WallaceKelly, I managed to get this far (Still a WIP), find details of the transactions below - Is there a way I could get daml start running from the codespace?

Financial Asset Management System

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Is there a way I could get daml start running from the codespace

It works for me. I did this:

  1. Opened a terminal.
  2. export PATH="$HOME/.daml/bin:$PATH"
  3. daml start

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I don’t know enough about GitHub Codespaces to know how to avoid having to set the path on every new terminal. :man_shrugging:

@A_PD, sorry for the slow response. Not sure how I missed this follow-up question.