You're reading from Learn Ethereum A practical guide to help developers set up and run decentralized applications with Ethereum 2.0

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804616512

Length 814 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Solidity

Tools

Ethereum

Concepts

Blockchain

Authors (3):

Dongying Song

Zhihong Zou

Xun (Brian) Wu

View More author details

Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Blockchain and Ethereum Basics

2. Chapter 1: Blockchain and Cryptocurrency FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Ethereum Architecture and Ecosystem

4. Chapter 3: Decentralized Finance

5. Chapter 4: EVM-Compatible Blockchain Networks

6. Chapter 5: Deep Research and the Latest Developments in Ethereum

7. Part 2:Ethereum Development Fundamentals

8. Chapter 6: Fundamentals of Solidity

9. Chapter 7: Web3 API Fundamentals

10. Chapter 8: Developing Your Own Cryptocurrency

11. Part 3: Ethereum Development Fundamentals

12. Chapter 9: Smart Contract Development and Test Fundamentals

13. Chapter 10: Writing a Frontend to Build the NFT Marketplace DApp

14. Chapter 11: Ethereum Tools and Frameworks

15. Part 4:Production and Deployment

16. Chapter 12: Setting Up Ethereum Private Chain

17. Chapter 13: Deployment of Your DApps

18. Chapter 14: Building Ethereum Wallets

19. Chapter 15: Oracles, Technology, and Layer 2 in Practice

20. Part 5:Conclusion

21. Chapter 16: Conclusion

22. Index

Why subscribe?

23. Other Books You May Enjoy

Learning the fundamentals of web3.js – the Ethereum JavaScript API

web3.js is a collection of Ethereum JavaScript APIs that enable you to develop clients to interact with the Ethereum blockchain. This lets you read and write data to and from the Ethereum blockchain with smart contacts. Web3 provides interactions with Ethereum nodes (be they local or remote) via HTTP, IPC, or WebSocket. web3.js is used to interact with an Ethereum node (Geth node) using JSON-RPC to read and write data to the network. We can install the web3.js library with Node Package Manager (npm).

In the following subsection, we’ll discuss the web3.js basics and see how to start using web3.js to interact with the Ethereum blockchain. web3.js can be used both in frontends and backends. To simplify our work, we will run the web3.js API from the command line and will cover some popular web3.js APIs.

web3.js project setup

To begin working with web3.js, we need to set up a project that includes...

The rest of the chapter is locked

You're reading from Learn Ethereum A practical guide to help developers set up and run decentralized applications with Ethereum 2.0

Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Learning the fundamentals of web3.js – the Ethereum JavaScript API

web3.js project setup

Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days

Authors (3)

Personalised recommendations for you