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Learn Blockchain Programming with JavaScript

You're reading from   Learn Blockchain Programming with JavaScript Build your very own Blockchain and decentralized network with JavaScript and Node.js

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789618822
Length 252 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Eric Traub Eric Traub
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Preface 1. Setting up the Project 2. Building a Blockchain FREE CHAPTER 3. Accessing the Blockchain through an API 4. Creating a Decentralized Blockchain Network 5. Synchronizing the Network 6. Consensus Algorithms 7. Block Explorer 8. In conclusion... 9. Other Books You May Enjoy

Block explorer file explanation

In this section, we're simply going to walk through the index.html file that we created in the previous section. We'll do this to gain a better understanding of what is going on. So, let's get started.

Inside the index.html file, we have all of the HTML and JavaScript code to give the necessary functionality to the block explorer. This code also allows us to hit the API, and lastly, we just have some CSS and styles, which make everything look nice in the browser.

The code begins by importing a couple of libraries, such as angular.js, to hit the API, along with jQuery, Bootstrap, and some Bootstrap styles to make everything functional and aesthetically pleasing:

<head>
<title>Block Explorer</title>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.6/angular.min.js"></script>
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