Blockchain Quick Start Guide: A beginner's guide to developing enterprise-grade decentralized applications

Learn quick and effective techniques to get up and running with building blockchain including Ethereum and Hyperledger Fabric.

Key Features

• Understand the key concepts of decentralized applications and consensus algorithms
• Learn key concepts of Ethereum and Solidity programming
• Practical guide to get started with build efficient Blockchain applications with Ethereum and Hyperledger

Book Description

Blockchain is a technology that powers the development of decentralized applications.This technology allows the construction of a network with no single control that enables participants to make contributions to and receive benefits from the network directly.

This book will give you a thorough overview of blockchain and explain how a blockchain works.You will begin by going through various blockchain consensus mechanisms and cryptographic hash functions. You will then learn the fundamentals of programming in Solidity - the defacto language for developing decentralize, applications in Ethereum. After that, you will set up an Ethereum development environment and develop, package, build, and test campaign-decentralized applications.The book also shows you how to set up Hyperledger composer tools, analyze business scenarios, design business models, and write a chain code. Finally, you will get a glimpse of how blockchain is actually used in different real-world domains.

By the end of this guide, you will be comfortable working with basic blockchain frameworks, and develop secure, decentralized applications in a hassle-free manner.

What you will learn

• Understand how blockchain hashing works
• Write and test a smart contract using Solidity
• Develop and test a decentralized application
• Build and test your application using Hyperledger Fabric
• Implement business network using Hyperledger Composer
• Test and interact with business network applications

Who this book is for

The book is for developers, analysts, or anyone looking to learn about Blockchain in a quick and easy manner.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Blockchain Technology
2. Ethereum Fundamentals
3. Overview of Solidity Programming
4. Building an Ethereum Blockchain Application
5. Exploring an Enterprise Blockchain Application using Hyperledger Fabric
6. Implementing Business Networks Using Hyperledger Composer
7. Blockchain Use Cases

Xun (Brian) Wu is an author, founder, and advisor. He has over 17 years of extensive hands-on experience in the design and development of blockchain, big data, cloud, UI, and system infrastructure. He has worked for top investment banks including JP. Morgan, Citigroup, and the Bank of America. He is the co-author of Seven NoSQL Databases in a Week, Hyperledger Cookbook, and Blockchain By Example, published by Packt. He has been a technical reviewer for more than 50 computer technical books for Packt Publishing. He serves as a board advisor for several blockchain start-ups. He owns several patents on blockchain. Brian holds a master's degree in computer science from NJIT. He lives in New Jersey with his two beautiful daughters, Bridget and Charlotte.

Weimin Sun has 20 years of experience of working in the financial industry. He has worked for top-tier investment and commercial banks such as J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, Citibank, and Morgan Stanley. He has managed large teams developing IT applications. He has held corporate titles such as Executive Director and Senior VP. He has in-depth knowledge of blockchain technology, data architecture, data modeling, data science, and big data platforms. He is an expert in designing data-driven solutions. He has a Ph.D, an M.B.A, and an M.Sc. He has published several papers on statistics in renowned academic journals. Weimin lives in New Jersey, USA, with his beautiful wife and his talented son.