This chapter is an introduction to development tools, languages, and frameworks used for Ethereum smart contract development. We will examine different methods of developing smart contracts for the Ethereum blockchain. We will discuss various constructs of Solidity language in detail, which is currently the most popular development language for smart contract development on Ethereum.
In this chapter we will cover the following topics:
- Development tools, IDEs, and clients
- Remix
- Ganache
- EthereumJS
- TestRPC
- MetaMask
- Truffle
- Prerequisites
- Node
- Node Package Manager (NPM)
- Other tools and utilities
There are a number of tools available for Ethereum development. The following diagram shows the taxonomy of various development tools, clients, IDEs, and development frameworks for Ethereum:
Taxonomy of Ethereum development ecosystem components
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