Debugging smart contracts
In this section, we will take a quick overview of the built-in Hardhat debugger and how it can help debug issues easily.
The Hardhat console is a tool used to debug issues or errors in smart contracts during development. It is part of the Hardhat suite, which is a development framework for Ethereum smart contracts. The Hardhat console provides a simple interface for debugging smart contracts and allows developers to step through their code and inspect variables at runtime.
Here is an example of how to use the Hardhat console to analyze an issue in a smart contract:
- Install Hardhat: The Hardhat console is built in, so no other steps are required to enable it. You can install it using the following command:
npm install --save-dev hardhat
- Compile your smart contracts: Before you can debug your smart contracts, you need to compile them as bytecode. You can use
npx hardhat compile
to compile the smart contracts in thecontracts/
directory:npx hardhat...