Voting System Smart Contract

A simple example of a Voting System smart contract deployed and interacted with using Hardhat and ethers.js.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following installed:

• Node.js
• Hardhat

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository and navigate to the project folder.

2. Install project dependencies:

   npm install
   

3. Compile the smart contract:

   npx hardhat compile
   

4. Deploy the smart contract:

   npx hardhat run scripts/deploy.js --network <network-name>
   

5. Execute the script that interacts with the smart contract:

   npx hardhat run scripts/votingSystem.js --network <network-name>
   

6. Execute tests:

   npx hardhat test
   

Example

Example of deploying and interacting with the smart contract on a local node:

1. Start a Hardhat node:

   npx hardhat node
   

2. On a different terminal execute the deploy script:

   npx hardhat run scripts/deploy.js --network localhost
   
   

   output:

   Deploying contracts with the account: 0xf39Fd6e51aad88F6F4ce6aB8827279cffFb92266
   VotingSystem deployed to: 0x0165878A594ca255338adfa4d48449f69242Eb8F
   

3. Execute the interaction script:

   npx hardhat run scripts/votingSystem.js --network localhost
   

   output:

   Candidate CandidateA added
   Candidate CandidateB added
   Voting started
   Voting ended
   Winner: CandidateB
   

This demonstrates how to deploy, interact with, and test the Voting System smart contract in a local development environment.