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You're reading from Learn Ethereum Build your own decentralized applications with Ethereum and smart contracts

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789954111

Length 540 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Solidity

Tools

Blockchain

Concepts

Blockchain

Authors (3):

Xun (Brian) Wu

Dongying Song

Zhihong Zou

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Blockchain and Ethereum Basics FREE CHAPTER

2. Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

3. Ethereum Architecture and Ecosystem

4. Deep Research on Ethereum

5. Section 2: Blockchain Development Cycle

6. Solidity Fundamentals

7. Developing Your Own Cryptocurrency

8. Section 3: Ethereum Implementations

9. Smart Contract Development and Test Fundamentals

10. Writing UI for the DApps

11. Ethereum Tools and Frameworks

12. Section 4: Production and Deployment

13. Creating an Ethereum Private Chain

14. Deployment of Your Smart Contract

15. Building Ethereum Wallets

16. Section 5: Conclusion

17. Conclusion

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Authors (3)

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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