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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

Creating abstract contracts

In an abstract contract, there are only a few functions that don't have the function body defined. You cannot deploy abstract contracts alone. However, you can inherit the contract and provide the definition to each function that's declared in the abstract contract.

If a contract inherits from an abstract contract and doesn't provide the implementation of the function, the inheriting contract would also be considered an abstract contract. Hence, it is the developer's responsibility to ensure that all the functions of the abstract contract are defined. Also, developer tools such as Remix and Truffle would not allow your inherited contract to be deployed.

As shown in the following example, AbstractDeposit is an abstract contract since it has a depositEther() function, and no function body has been provided for it. However, the...

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