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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)

Installing and configuring the Truffle framework

To develop and test smart contracts for Ethereum, you need to have the Truffle framework installed on your machine. Installing and starting a project in Truffle is relatively easy and you can do it in a few steps. Most of the tasks in Truffle are carried out through a command-line interface, and you will learn more about configuring the framework in this recipe.

Getting ready

The Truffle framework is based on JavaScript and is distributed via npm. You need to have Node.js (5.0+) installed on your machine to set up and work with Truffle.

Also, Truffle requires a working Ethereum network with the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) port exposed for the testing and deployment of smart...