Ethereum for Architects and Developers: With Case Studies and Code Samples in Solidity

by Debajani Mohanty

Overview

Explore the Ethereum ecosystem step by step with extensive theory, labs, and live use cases. This book takes you through BlockChain concepts; decentralized applications; Ethereum’s architecture; Solidity smart contract programming with examples; and testing, debugging, and deploying smart contracts on your local machine and on the cloud. You’ll cover best practices for writing contracts with ample examples to allow you to write high-quality contracts with optimal usage of fuel. In later chapters, Ethereum for Architects and Developers covers use cases from different business areas, such as finance, travel, supply-chain, insurance, and land registry. Many of these sectors are explained with flowcharts, diagrams, and sample code that you can refer to and further enhance in live projects.

By the end of the book, you will have enough information to use Ethereum to create value for your business processes and build foolproof data storage for smoother execution of business.

What You Will Learn

• Discover key BlockChain concepts

• Master the architecture, building blocks, and ecosystem of Ethereum

• Develop smart contracts from scratch

• Debug, test, and deploy to test

• Take advantage of Ethereum in your business area

Who This Book Is For

BlockChain developers and architects wanting to develop decentralized Ethereum applications or learn its architecture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484240748
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	10/31/2018
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	267
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Debajani Mohanty, author of BlockChain: from Concept to Execution is a Senior Architect with NIIT Technologies Ltd, and has close to 17 years of experience in the industry. She has been involved in large projects and built many scalable enterprise B2B and B2C products from concept to market in travel, e-governance, e-commerce and BFSI.

Debajani is also a woman activist and writer. She has been felicitated by Nobel Peace prize winner Mr Kailash Satyarthi with the prestigious Aarya award for her outstanding contributions to women empowerment in the field of literature.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 – The World of BlockChain

Chapter 2 - Ethereum Architecture

Chapter 3 – Basic Solidity Programming

Chapter 4 – Deploying Smart Contract

Chapter 5 – Integration with UI

Chapter 6 – Advanced Programming with Oraclize and IPFS and Best Practices

Chapter 7 – Frameworks: Truffle and Embark

Chapter 8 – Testing Strategy for Ethereum DApps

Chapter 9 - Ethereum Use Cases

Chapter 10 – Ethereum, What Lies Ahead