Ethereum Smart Contract Development

Solidity in Depth

This chapter is all about the Turing-complete solidity language on the Ethereum blockchain. We will start by peeking into the design decisions and why we really need a new language such as solidity at all. The next sections will cover the nuances of the solidity language and basic syntax used in it. Specifically, we will cover the contract-oriented features, functions, events, inheritance, libraries, expressions, control structures, units, and variables. Then we will peek into the optimizer and debugging options. We will conclude this chapter by analyzing the code flaw that led to the recent Parity wallet hack in the Ethereum blockchain that stole around $30 million worth of ethers.

After studying this chapter, you will ...