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Learn Ethereum

By : Xun (Brian) Wu, Zhihong Zou, Dongying Song
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Learn Ethereum

By: Xun (Brian) Wu, Zhihong Zou, Dongying Song

Overview of this book

Ethereum is a blockchain-based, decentralized computing platform that allows running smart contracts. This book provides a basic overview of how Ethereum works, its ecosystem, mining process, and the consensus mechanism. It also demonstrates a step-by-step approach for building decentralized applications. This book begins with the very basics of Blockchain technology. Then it dives deep into the Ethereum architecture, framework and tools in its ecosystem. It also provides you an overview of ongoing research on Ethereum, for example, Layer 1 and 2 scaling solution, Stablecoin, ICO/STO/IEO, etc. Next, it explains Solidity language in detail, and provides step-by-step instructions for designing, developing, testing, deploying, and monitoring decentralized applications. In addition, you’ll learn how to use Truffle, Remix, Infura, Metamask, and many other Ethereum technologies. It’ll also help you develop your own cryptocurrency by creating ERC20, and ERC721 smart contracts from scratch. Finally, we explain private blockchains, and you learn how to interact with smart contracts through wallets.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: Blockchain and Ethereum Basics
5
Section 2: Blockchain Development Cycle
8
Section 3: Ethereum Implementations
12
Section 4: Production and Deployment
16
Section 5: Conclusion

Understanding the Ethereum development tools and frameworks

For the DApp software development life cycle, efficient use of the popular tools, frameworks, and libraries can help reduce the time from prototype to production and reduce the risk of the smart contract. Since more people are using and testing these tools, they tend to be more stable.

There are many different Ethereum development tools and frameworks the market today, all of which represent different standards. Here are some of the most popular tools and frameworks:

  • Truffle
  • Embark
  • Infura
  • DApp
  • Waffle

In Chapter 6, Smart Contract Development and Test Fundamentals, we discussed the Truffle tool. In this section, we will review one of the popular tools listed here—Infura. For other tools, please visit their official websites to learn more.

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