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Solidity Programming Essentials

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Solidity Programming Essentials

Overview of this book

Solidity is a contract-oriented language whose syntax is highly influenced by JavaScript, and is designed to compile code for the Ethereum Virtual Machine. Solidity Programming Essentials will be your guide to understanding Solidity programming to build smart contracts for Ethereum and blockchain from ground-up. We begin with a brief run-through of blockchain, Ethereum, and their most important concepts or components. You will learn how to install all the necessary tools to write, test, and debug Solidity contracts on Ethereum. Then, you will explore the layout of a Solidity source file and work with the different data types. The next set of recipes will help you work with operators, control structures, and data structures while building your smart contracts. We take you through function calls, return types, function modifers, and recipes in object-oriented programming with Solidity. Learn all you can on event logging and exception handling, as well as testing and debugging smart contracts. By the end of this book, you will be able to write, deploy, and test smart contracts in Ethereum. This book will bring forth the essence of writing contracts using Solidity and also help you develop Solidity skills in no time.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Contributors

About the author

Ritesh Modi is an ex Microsoft senior technology evangelist and Microsoft regional lead. He has worked on Ethereum and Solidity, extensively helping and advising companies. Ritesh is a regular speaker on blockchain and Solidity at conferences and local meetups. He is an architect, evangelist, speaker, and a known leader for his contributions toward blockchain, data centers, Azure Bots, cognitive services, DevOps, Artificial Intelligence, and automation. He is the author of five books.

I have personally grown into a person who has more patience, perseverance, and tenacity while writing this book. I must thank the people who mean the world to me. I am talking about my mother, Bimla Modi, my wife, Sangeeta Modi, and my daughter, Avni Modi. I also thank the Packt team for their support.

About the reviewer

Pablo Ruiz has been involved in the creation of dozens of tech products over the past 12 years, working with the latest, cutting-edge technologies. In 2008, he became deeply involved in the creation of mobile games and applications; later on, he participated in many projects as an advisor or investor in the digital space. During 2015/2016, he was a director at one of the top venture capital firms in Latin America, where he built their Fintech ecosystem from the ground up. In 2018, after actively working on several ICOs, he joined Polymath as their VP of engineering to lead the development of the first Ethereum-based platform for issuing regulatory-compliant security tokens.

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