electronQC

This is a minimal Electron application that can replace GeckoFX in QuantConnect.Lean in order to graph backtest results in a desktop environment.

To Use

To clone and run this repository you'll need the following installed on your computer

• Git
• Node.js (which comes with npm)
• Visual Studio 2015 with Visual C++ and associated tools installed

From your command line:

# Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/andrewhart098/electronQC.git
# Go into the repository
cd electronQC
# Install dependencies and run the app
npm install 

# rerun electron-rebuild
./node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild
# Or if you are in Windows
.\node_modules\.bin\electron-rebuild.cmd

# Now start the electron app with 
npm start

Run the QuantConnect.Lean engine in visual studio configured to run in a desktop environment. Be sure you have your user id and api access token configured.

Comment out the following lines in Program.cs QuantConnect.Lean.Launcher:

    if (environment.EndsWith("-desktop"))            {
        var info = new ProcessStartInfo
        {
            UseShellExecute = false,
            FileName = Config.Get("desktop-exe"),
            Arguments = Config.Get("desktop-http-port")
        };
        Process.Start(info);
    }

Learn more about QuantConnect go to QuantConnect.com.