Follow these below steps to initialize the project

(NOTE: Place or Copy the file to IC-PROJECT(your project folder) folder before running below steps)

1. -> In dfx.json file we can see the "dfx": "0.8.4" .

2. -> Now we have to downgrade our dfx version to 0.8.4 (this takes some time ~15mins) , Now to downgrade use the command

    DFX_VERSION=0.8.4 sh -ci "$(curl -fsSL https://smartcontracts.org/install.sh)"
   

3. ->After downgrading the dfx version, Now type

     $ dfx start --emulator
   

4. -> Now split the terminal and type

     $ npm install --legacy-peer-deps
   

(NOTE: Ignore the deprecated warning)

5. -> Now deploy

      $ dfx deploy
   

6. -> Now after this type

      $ npm start
   

(NOTE: Don't worry of downgrading the dfx version we can upgrade it back to latest version when needed)

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ADDITIONAL SOLUTION FOR ERROR IN dfx deploy

Error: The replica returned an HTTP Error: Http Error: status 400 Bad Request for your canister

Solution: Just type $ dfx start --clean

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Check your Balance

1. Find out your principal id:

dfx identity get-principal

2. Save it somewhere.

e.g. My principal id is: d66ef-652qc-p4sw2-nevk4-hkj3w-hgihb-cliym-lzdjb-cl7ux-7tq6r-eqe

3. Format and store it in a command line variable:

OWNER_PUBLIC_KEY="principal \"$( \dfx identity get-principal )\""

4. Check that step 3 worked by printing it out:

echo $OWNER_PUBLIC_KEY

5. Check the owner's balance:

dfx canister call token balanceOf "( $OWNER_PUBLIC_KEY )"

Charge the Canister

1. Check canister ID:

dfx canister id token

2. Save canister ID into a command line variable:

CANISTER_PUBLIC_KEY="principal \"$( \dfx canister id token )\""

3. Check canister ID has been successfully saved:

echo $CANISTER_PUBLIC_KEY

4. Transfer half a billion tokens to the canister Principal ID:

dfx canister call token transfer "($CANISTER_PUBLIC_KEY, 500_000_000)"

Deploy the Project to the Live IC Network

1. Create and deploy canisters:

dfx deploy --network ic

2. Check the live canister ID:

dfx canister --network ic id token

3. Save the live canister ID to a command line variable:

LIVE_CANISTER_KEY="principal \"$( \dfx canister --network ic id token )\""

4. Check that it worked:

echo $LIVE_CANISTER_KEY

5. Transfer some tokens to the live canister:

dfx canister --network ic call token transfer "($LIVE_CANISTER_KEY, 50_000_000)"

6. Get live canister front-end id:

dfx canister --network ic id token_assets

7. Copy the id from step 6 and add .raw.ic0.app to the end to form a URL. e.g. zdv65-7qaaa-aaaai-qibdq-cai.raw.ic0.app