Building Ethereum DApps: Decentralized Applications on the Ethereum Blockchain - Softcover

Infante, Roberto

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1617295159 ISBN 13: 9781617295157

Publisher: Manning, 2019

Synopsis

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!

Foreword by Thomas Bertani.

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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

1. A first look at decentralized applications
2. Understanding the blockchain
3. The Ethereum platform
4. Deploying your first smart contract

PART 2

5. Programming smart contracts in Solidity
6. Writing more complex smart contracts
7. Generalizing functionality with abstract contracts and interfaces
8. Managing smart contracts with Web3.js

PART 3

9. The Ethereum ecosystem
10. Unit testing contracts with Mocha
11. Improving the development cycle with Truffle
12. Putting it all together: Building a complete voting Dapp

PART 4

13. Making a Dapp production ready
14. Security considerations
15. Conclusions

About this title

About the Author

Roberto Infante is an independent software development consultant who specializes in finance. Throughout his career, he has worked on a variety of innovative projects, such as the first internet mortgage approval system in the UK and one of the first online insurance underwriting systems in London.

Review

"Blockchain is about interoperability, and Roberto understands thisinnately. He arms you with the tools of experts while keeping youaware of the bigger picture."--From the Foreword by Thomas Bertani, CEO of Oraclize

"An excellent and singular resource for learning blockchaindevelopment."--James Nyika, Vocanter

"Amazing visuals! They make hard concepts intuitive, simple, andfun."--Tanya Fesenko, Motiion

"Finally, a guide that takes readers on the exciting journey oflearning blockchain. This book is proof that writing Dapps is nothard."--Rahul Rai, Telstra

Edition details

• Publisher: Manning
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1617295159
• ISBN 13: 9781617295157
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 504