© Santiago Palladino 2019
S. PalladinoEthereum for Web Developershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5278-9_5

5. Sending Transactions

Santiago Palladino1 
(1)
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
 

After reviewing in the previous chapter how to read data and monitor changes on the network, we will now go into how to write data by sending transactions. We will start by setting up a development environment for easily playing with smart contracts, then move into a web3-enabled context, and finally go into the details of issuing transactions and monitoring their lifecycle. Once again, we will wrap up with a sample application that puts all the learnings of the chapter together.

Setting Up the Environment

Before going into the details of transactions, ...

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