Chapter 7
Writing Your Own Smart Contracts with Solidity
IN THIS CHAPTER
Creating your new smart contract
Developing functions and events
Protecting ownership and security
Making your functions work
You find out the basics of developing Solidity smart contracts for Ethereum in Chapter 6 of this minibook. You also gain an understanding about difficulties encountered with traditional supply chain applications and how Ethereum can help address some of those problems. Developing distributed applications, or dApps, for the Ethereum blockchain may look similar to writing code in other languages, but it does have specific advantages over non-blockchain environments. However, you have to approach the software development process a little differently when working with blockchain.
Before starting to write a dApp for the Ethereum blockchain, make sure that you understand what your dApp should do and why a blockchain environment is a good fit. Getting these points cleared up in the beginning can help you avoid mistakes that waste time and money. Knowing the tips and tricks of blockchain development ...
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