FIX: caliper bind command now compatible with Windows OS

[fransotodev]

Signed-off-by: FranSoto7 franciscomanuel.sotoramirez@gmail.com

npx caliper bind command wouldn't work on a Windows machine, since the command for npm would be "npm.cmd" instead of just "npm".

Added a comprobation in runtime to check if the OS is Windows, otherwise it works like before.

[aklenik]

@fransotodev Thanks for the improvement! Currently, there's a blocking issue in the Fabric CI, which will be fixed soon, so your PR checks can pass.

On a different note, did it take anything special to run Caliper on Windows? It would be nice if you could share your experience, for example, in the form of some documentation :)

[fransotodev]

Hi @aklenik,
Running it on windows was pretty straightforward, I just followed the official docs and the only problem I found was that it couldn't launch the npm command from the caliper binder module.

That said, I used caliper with an Ethereum Smart Contract deployed using truffle and a ganache blockchain and I had to tweak a bit the Ethereum adapter module. Nothing to big at all, but want to check it out again to give a proper solution.

I will open another PR once I have a good solution for that one (I hardcoded something 😅) or open an issue with the things I did. Actually I wanted to commit that change first to see how all the process of contributing was (first time contributing 😄)

[aklenik]

@fransotodev Awesome! Feel free to raise an issue about the Ethereum adapter describing the limitations, and raise the PR for it. I'm sure we can incorporate it in the codebase. And welcome to the Caliper contributors 🥇

[nklincoln]

@aklenik - is this good to go in now?

[aklenik]

@nklincoln Haven't had the chance to test it on Windows, but it's compatible with the current platform support.
If the changes were enough for @fransotodev , then we can declare experimental Windows support :)

So I'll give the green stamp for the PR.

[aklenik]

LGTM

[fransotodev]

Hi guys,

I said earlier in this PR that i had some problems with the Ethereum adapter, but those were my bad writing the workloads, nothing to do with the adapter or Windows.

So I didn't have any other problem, this little change was enough ^^

I'm good to merge and close this one.