Summary

Building Ethereum Dapps introduces you to decentralized applications based on the Ethereum blockchain platform. In this book, you’ll learn the principles of Dapps development by rolling up your sleeves and actually building a few!

About the Technology

Imagine unbreakably secure applications that handle personal and business transactions without any central agency controlling the process. Decentralized applications, or Dapps, do just this, shifting power to users. The Ethereum blockchain platform provides the tools you need to build Dapps, including an innovative "smart contracts" model and Solidity, a Dapp-aware javascript-like programming language.

About the Book

Building Ethereum Dapps teaches Dapps development on the Ethereum blockchain platform. You’ll begin with a mental model of how Dapps operate, and then dive into designing and implementing smart contracts in Ethereum’s Solidity language. You’ll explore Ethereum smart contract development tools, like Truffle and Web3, and pick up best practices for design and security. Practical exercises throughout give you valuable hands-on experience.

What’s inside

Ethereum’s key components
Implementing smart contracts in Solidity
Communicating with a smart contract in Web3
Developing Dapps with Truffle
Best practices for design and security improvement

About the Reader

For developers with intermediate experience in javascript or an OO language. Familiarity with blockchain concepts is helpful.

About the Author

Roberto Infante is a software development consultant who specializes in finance. He currently works on financial risk management systems and on blockchain technology.

Table of Contents

PART 1
A first look at decentralized applications
Understanding the blockchain
The Ethereum platform
Deploying your first smart contract
PART 2
Programming smart contracts in Solidity
Writing more complex smart contracts
Generalizing functionality with abstract contracts and interfaces
Managing smart contracts with Web3.js
PART 3
The Ethereum ecosystem
Unit testing contracts with Mocha
Improving the development cycle with Truffle
Putting it all together: Building a complete voting Dapp
PART 4
Making a Dapp production ready
Security considerations
Conclusions