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Learn Ethereum: Build your own decentralized applications with Ethereum and smart contracts

Xun (Brian) Wu

Dongying Song

Zhihong Zou

£16.99 per month

4.4 (26 Ratings)

Paperback Sep 2019 540 pages 1st Edition

Xun (Brian) Wu

Dongying Song

Zhihong Zou

£16.99 per month

4.4 (26 Ratings)

Paperback Sep 2019 540 pages 1st Edition

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Explore the Ethereum ecosystem and understand the latest research on the platform
Build decentralized apps (Dapps) using smart contracts and Ethereum with the help of practical examples
Learn to make your decentralized applications fast and highly secure

Description

Ethereum is a blockchain-based, decentralized computing platform that allows running smart contracts. This book provides a basic overview of how Ethereum works, its ecosystem, mining process, and the consensus mechanism. It also demonstrates a step-by-step approach for building decentralized applications. This book begins with the very basics of Blockchain technology. Then it dives deep into the Ethereum architecture, framework and tools in its ecosystem. It also provides you an overview of ongoing research on Ethereum, for example, Layer 1 and 2 scaling solution, Stablecoin, ICO/STO/IEO, etc. Next, it explains Solidity language in detail, and provides step-by-step instructions for designing, developing, testing, deploying, and monitoring decentralized applications. In addition, you’ll learn how to use Truffle, Remix, Infura, Metamask, and many other Ethereum technologies. It’ll also help you develop your own cryptocurrency by creating ERC20, and ERC721 smart contracts from scratch. Finally, we explain private blockchains, and you learn how to interact with smart contracts through wallets.

Who is this book for?

This book is for all developers and architects who want to explore Ethereum blockchain fundamentals and get started with building real-world decentralized applications. Knowledge of an object-oriented programming language such as JavaScript will be useful but not mandatory.

What you will learn

Understand the concepts of blockchain and cryptocurrency
Master Ethereum development tools such as Truffle, Remix IDE and Infura
Delve into smart contract development
Develop DApps frontend using Node.js, React.js, and Web3js API
Learn Etherscan and other tools to secure and monitor smart contracts
Develop and debug smart contracts by working with Remix
Apply Truffle suite to compile, migrate, and unit test smart contracts
Explore smart contracts such as ERC20 token and decentralized digital market

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Product Details

Publication date : Sep 20, 2019

Length: 540 pages

Edition : 1st

Language : English

ISBN-13 : 9781789954111

Category :

Data

Languages :

Solidity

Concepts :

Blockchain

Tools :

Blockchain

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18 Chapters

Section 1: Blockchain and Ethereum Basics

Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

Technical Requirements

Introducing blockchain technology

Rehashing cryptography

Anatomizing a blockchain consensus mechanism

Understanding Bitcoin and cryptocurrency

Ushering in the world of Ethereum

Summary

Ethereum Architecture and Ecosystem

Technical Requirements

Introducing Ethereum architecture

Diving deep into Ethereum

Understanding mining in Ethereum

Working with tools and technologies in Ethereum ecosystem

Summary

Deep Research on Ethereum

Technical Requirements

Understanding challenges in distributed systems

Scaling Ethereum

Following up on EVM and lower-level protocol improvements

Implementing Ethereum 2.0 roadmap

Introducing cryptoassets and Ethereum token standards

Working with decentralized data and content storage

Decentralized messaging with Whisper

Summary

Section 2: Blockchain Development Cycle

Solidity Fundamentals

Technical Requirements

Introducing Solidity

Learning the fundamental programming structure in Solidity

Understanding inheritance, abstract contracts, and interfaces

Examining smart contract execution under the hood

Mastering advanced programming concepts in Solidity

Putting it all together – rental property leasing

Summary

Developing Your Own Cryptocurrency

Technical Requirements

Understanding token standards

Setting up an Ethereum development environment

Creating an ERC-20 token

Creating ERC 721 token – the DigitalArt token

Summary

Section 3: Ethereum Implementations

Smart Contract Development and Test Fundamentals

Technical Requirements

Understanding Remix development fundamentals

Understanding development using Truffle and unit testing

Security testing

Summary

Writing UI for the DApps

Technical requirements

Knowing about DApps

Working with Web3 JavaScript API

Setting up a DApp development environment

Building frontend UI components

Running the decentralized digital art market DApp

Summary

Ethereum Tools and Frameworks

Technical requirements

Understanding the Ethereum development tools and frameworks

The Ethereum client API

Ethereum storage

Ethereum messages – Whisper

Popular smart contract libraries

Summary

Section 4: Production and Deployment

Creating an Ethereum Private Chain

Technical requirements

Understanding a private and permissioned blockchain

Setting up a local private Ethereum blockchain

Using optional flags with new chains

Introducing the popular private blockchains in the industry

Private blockchains use cases

Summary

Deployment of Your Smart Contract

Technical requirements

Deploying smart contracts with testnet

Monitoring smart contracts

Summary

Building Ethereum Wallets

Technical requirements

Understanding the wallet technology

Creating an Ethereum wallet

Working with third-party Ethereum wallets

Summary

Section 5: Conclusion

Conclusion

Technical requirements

Facing the challenges of Ethereum and blockchain

Glancing over the Ethereum ecosystem

Emerging technology fusion – blockchain, AI/ML, and IoT

Meeting the future of Ethereum

Summary

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About the 3 authors

Xun (Brian) Wu

Xun (Brian) Wu is a senior blockchain architect and consultant. With over 20 years of hands-on experience across various technologies, including Blockchain, big data, cloud, AI, systems, and infrastructure, Brian has worked on more than 50 projects in his career. He has authored nine books, which have been published by O'Reilly, Packt, and Apress, focusing on popular fields within the Blockchain industry. The titles of his books include: Learn Ethereum (First Edition), Learn Ethereum (Second Edition), Blockchain for Teens, Hands-On Smart Contract Development with Hyperledger Fabric V2, Hyperledger Cookbook, Blockchain Quick Start Guide, Security Tokens and Stablecoins Quick Start Guide, Blockchain by Example, and Seven NoSQL Databases in a Week.

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Dongying Song

Dongying Song has been a noteworthy leader in Blockchain, Ethereum, big data, ML, data science, and the cloud application development space for over 8 years. As an experienced software engineer and data scientist, she has worked for top-tier banks and pharmaceutical and technology companies. Dongying holds a master's degree in statistics from Columbia University and majored in mathematics during her undergraduate years. Her recent activities focus on Blockchain, Ethereum, and smart contract developments.

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Zhihong Zou

Zhihong Zou is an innovative technology leader with over 20 years of experience delivering cutting-edge enterprise solutions. He has led transformative solutions in telecommunications, healthcare, and government that leverage blockchain, AI/ML, and modern cloud architectures to solve complex business challenges. As an insightful visionary and trusted advisor, Zhihong is passionate about driving digital transformation and future-proofing organizations. He holds an M.Sc degree in computational mathematics and an M.Sc in computer science. Zhihong has authored multiple papers on numerical computing and two popular editions of the book Learn Ethereum. In his free time, Zhihong enjoys sharing his blockchain expertise as an advocate and writer.

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