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Ethereum Cookbook

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Product type Book

Published in Aug 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789133998

Pages 404 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Manoj P R

Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started

2. Smart Contract Development

3. Interacting with the Contract

4. The Truffle Suite

5. Tokens and ICOs

6. Games and DAOs

7. Advanced Solidity

8. Smart Contract Security

9. Design Decisions

10. Other Protocols and Applications

11. Miscellaneous

12. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Reading data from smart contracts

The best way to interact with your contract from your application is by using web3.js. This library offers plenty of feature sets that you will need while building a DApp. In this recipe, you will learn to read data from the deployed smart contract.

Getting ready

You need to have web3.js installed on your application to use these methods. Ensure that your Ethereum node is running. You can also use Ganache to create a development node.

How to do it...

In order to read data from smart contracts, we will have to perform these steps:

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Authors (1)

Manoj P R

Manoj P R is a tech-savvy person who has been working with distributed ledger technology for more than three years. His passion for the latest technology trends in the market has made him an avid learner and contributor in this space. He specializes in Ethereum, JavaScript, and Go. A self-taught programmer, Manoj started his programming career as a freelancer during his early academic life. He has developed many scalable enterprise blockchain solutions for various clients across the globe. He is currently associated with Conduent Labs as a Blockchain SME. He loves solving real-life problems using technology and is a lively contributor towards open source projects. Apart from work, Manoj likes traveling and writing.

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