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Hands-On Blockchain for Python Developers

You're reading from   Hands-On Blockchain for Python Developers Empowering Python developers in the world of blockchain and smart contracts

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805121367
Length 436 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Arjuna Sky Kok Arjuna Sky Kok
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Preface 1. Part 1:Blockchain and Smart Contract FREE CHAPTER
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Blockchain Programming 3. Chapter 2: Smart Contract Fundamentals 4. Chapter 3: Using Vyper to Implement a Smart Contract 5. Part 2: Web3 and Ape Framework
6. Chapter 4: Using Web3.py to Interact with Smart Contracts 7. Chapter 5: Ape Framework 8. Chapter 6: Building a Practical Decentralized Application 9. Part 3: Graphical User Interface Applications
10. Chapter 7: Front-End Decentralized Application 11. Chapter 8: Cryptocurrency Wallet 12. Part 4: Related Technologies
13. Chapter 9: InterPlanetary: A Brave New File System 14. Chapter 10: Implementing a Decentralized Application Using IPFS 15. Chapter 11: Exploring Layer 2 16. Part 5: Cryptocurrency and NFT
17. Chapter 12: Creating Tokens on Ethereum 18. Chapter 13: How to Create an NFT 19. Part 6: Writing Complex Smart Contracts
20. Chapter 14: Writing NFT Marketplace Smart Contracts 21. Chapter 15: Writing a Lending Vault Smart Contract 22. Chapter 16: Decentralized Exchange 23. Part 7: Building a Full-Stack Web3 Application
24. Chapter 17: Token-Gated Applications 25. Index 26. Other Books You May Enjoy

Setting up Vyper

There are a couple of programming languages used to write smart contracts. The most popular is Solidity. But the syntax of Solidity is similar to JavaScript, and that’s a bit of a turn-off for some people, especially Python developers. Vyper is similar to Python, and Python developers can be more productive with Vyper. Vyper has been used in some big projects, such as Curve Finance, the decentralized exchange (DEX) and automated market maker (AMM) for stablecoins.

Vyper was created by Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum. Vitalik also wrote Serpent, the predecessor to Vyper, in 2014. Then, he built Vyper in 2016. He does not work on it anymore. His latest commit was in late 2017. Now, Vyper is managed by a group of dedicated maintainers.

The way to install Vyper depends on your operating system. On Ubuntu Linux, make sure you have Python with a minimum version of 3.8 installed. Also, make sure you have a compiler or Python development files installed...

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