Building Blockchain Projects

Package management

A truffle package is a collection of smart contracts and their artifacts. A package can depend on zero or more packages, that is, you use the package's smart contracts and artifacts. When using a package within your own project, it is important to note that there are two places where you will be using the package's contracts and artifacts: within your project's contracts and within your project's JavaScript code (migrations and tests).

Projects created with truffle have a specific layout by default, which enables them to be used as packages. The most important directories in a truffle package are the following:

• /contracts
• /build/contracts (created by truffle)

The first directory is your contracts directory, which includes ...