This article describes the process to get CX, Skycoins all purpose blockchain programming language, up and running on a Windows PC.
First, lets download the CX binary from their github page. Navigate to https://github.com/skycoin/cx/releases for the latest release. CX is at version 0.7.0 as of writing this article. Locate the windows zip file and begin your download.
Once the download has completed, extract the cx.exe executable to a folder of your choosing. For this example I’ve used “C:\cx”.
Next we need to set the path to this executable in the window Path environment variable. To do this select the Start button on your task bar, search for ‘environment variables’, and select ‘Edit the system environment variables’. The window below will open and you will need to select the ‘Environment Variables’ button.
In the Environment Variables window you will need to find the Path variable within ‘System variables’. Select the Path variable and click ‘edit’. This will open the ‘Edit environment variables’ window where you will click ‘new’ to add the path to your CX executable. In my case the path was ‘C:\cx’ (without the quotes).
Click ‘OK’ to close the ‘Edit environment variables’ window and ‘OK’ in the ‘Environment Variables’ window to save your changes.
Now that your Path variable is set up we can test our installation of CX by opening a command prompt window and checking the version of CX. Start by clicking on the Start button on the task bar and searching for ‘command prompt’. Select ‘Command Prompt’ to open it. Here we can type ‘cx -v’ and hit that return key on your keyboard to get the version of CX that you have installed.
This concludes the setup of CX. Head over to the Skycoin CX github page to learn more about CX and how it can be used to create blockchain applications. There is also a great community on telegram that can assist with any questions.
Github: https://github.com/skycoin/cx/
CX General: https://t.me/skycoin_cx
CX Game Development: https://t.me/skycoin_game_dev
CX Labs: https://t.me/CXLabs
Skycoin General: https://t.me/Skycoin