August 2018
Intermediate to advanced
404 pages
11h 19m
English
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Getting ready
The Truffle framework is based on JavaScript and is distributed via npm. You need to have Node.js (5.0+) installed on your machine to set up and work with Truffle.
Also, Truffle requires a working Ethereum network with the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) port exposed for the testing and deployment of smart contracts. You can use geth, Parity, or Ganache (previously TestRPC) as the Ethereum client. For more information, refer to the first chapter of this book.
Node Package Manager (npm) is an online repository for the publishing of open source Node.js projects. It is also used as a command-line utility for interacting with the said repository to help in package installation, version management, and dependency management.