Ethereum Cookbook

How to do it...

1. Install the Truffle package globally using npm. You might want to use the sudo command as follows if you face any permissions issues:

npm install -g truffle

2. Once the package is installed, you can access it through the command line. Create an empty truffle_project folder for your Truffle project using the following command:

mkdir truffle_projectcd truffle_project

3. Use the init command to initialize your project with the default contracts and migrations:

truffle init

4. The preceding command will create a basic template that you can use to start your project. The template will have the following file structure:
   • ./contracts to store your Solidity smart contract files
   • ./tests to store smart contracts and application test scripts ...