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Ethereum Cookbook

By : Manoj P R
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Ethereum Cookbook

By: Manoj P R

Overview of this book

Ethereum and Blockchain will change the way software is built for business transactions. Most industries have been looking to leverage these new technologies to gain efficiencies and create new business models and opportunities. The Ethereum Cookbook covers various solutions such as setting up Ethereum, writing smart contracts, and creating tokens, among others. You’ll learn about the security vulnerabilities, along with other protocols of Ethereum. Once you have understood the basics, you’ll move on to exploring various design decisions and tips to make your application scalable and secure. In addition to this, you’ll work with various Ethereum packages such as Truffle, Web3, and Ganache. By the end of this book, you’ll have comprehensively grasped the Ethereum principles and ecosystem.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Writing better code with the help of a linter

It is very important to follow best practices while writing code. This is more important when it comes to smart contracts, specifically solidity, because of the security issues that can arise. It is easy for a new smart contract developer to miss minor details. To avoid this, it is recommended to use a linter, which verifies your code against best practices.

This recipe will introduce you to the popular linters used in solidity to help you write better code. This can improve the overall readability and security of your smart contracts.

Getting ready

These linters are built using JavaScript and are distributed through npm. You need to have NodeJS (any recent version) installed on...