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Mastering Blockchain Programming with Solidity

You're reading from   Mastering Blockchain Programming with Solidity Write production-ready smart contracts for Ethereum blockchain with Solidity

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839218262
Length 486 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jitendra Chittoda Jitendra Chittoda
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Getting Started with Blockchain, Ethereum, and Solidity
2. Introduction to Blockchain FREE CHAPTER 3. Getting Started with Solidity 4. Control Structures and Contracts 5. Section 2: Deep Dive into Development Tools
6. Learning MetaMask and Remix 7. Using Ganache and the Truffle Framework 8. Taking Advantage of Code Quality Tools 9. Section 3: Mastering ERC Standards and Libraries
10. ERC20 Token Standard 11. ERC721 Non-Fungible Token Standard 12. Deep Dive into the OpenZeppelin Library 13. Using Multisig Wallets 14. Upgradable Contracts Using ZeppelinOS 15. Building Your Own Token 16. Section 4: Design Patterns and Best Practices
17. Solidity Design Patterns 18. Tips, Tricks, and Security Best Practices 19. Assessments 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Getting Started with Solidity

In the last chapter, we learned about blockchain, smart contracts, and Ethereum. For writing smart contracts, there are multiple languages supported by Ethereum, including Solidity, Vyper, and Low-level Lisp-like Language (LLL).

In this chapter, we will deep dive into Ethereum's most popular contract-oriented language, called Solidity. We will cover Solidity's source code file structure and the different data types supported. We will also understand the different units, global variables, and functions it supports and where these should be used.

We will cover only the parts of Solidity language that are essential for Solidity developers. We will not cover the advance concepts of Solidity language.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • The structure of a Solidity source code file
  • The structure of a Solidity contract
  • The...
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