Blockchain Quick Start Guide: A beginner's guide to developing enterprise-grade decentralized applications - Softcover

Wu, Xun (Brian); Sun, Weimin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1789807972 ISBN 13: 9781789807974

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Learn quick and effective techniques to get up and running with building blockchain including Ethereum and Hyperledger Fabric.

Key Features

• Understand the key concepts of decentralized applications and consensus algorithms
• Learn key concepts of Ethereum and Solidity programming
• Practical guide to get started with build efficient Blockchain applications with Ethereum and Hyperledger

Book Description

Blockchain is a technology that powers the development of decentralized applications.This technology allows the construction of a network with no single control that enables participants to make contributions to and receive benefits from the network directly.

This book will give you a thorough overview of blockchain and explain how a blockchain works.You will begin by going through various blockchain consensus mechanisms and cryptographic hash functions. You will then learn the fundamentals of programming in Solidity – the defacto language for developing decentralize, applications in Ethereum. After that, you will set up an Ethereum development environment and develop, package, build, and test campaign-decentralized applications.The book also shows you how to set up Hyperledger composer tools, analyze business scenarios, design business models, and write a chain code. Finally, you will get a glimpse of how blockchain is actually used in different real-world domains.

By the end of this guide, you will be comfortable working with basic blockchain frameworks, and develop secure, decentralized applications in a hassle-free manner.

What you will learn

• Understand how blockchain hashing works
• Write and test a smart contract using Solidity
• Develop and test a decentralized application
• Build and test your application using Hyperledger Fabric
• Implement business network using Hyperledger Composer
• Test and interact with business network applications

Who this book is for

The book is for developers, analysts, or anyone looking to learn about Blockchain in a quick and easy manner.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Blockchain Technology
2. Ethereum Fundamentals
3. Overview of Solidity Programming
4. Building an Ethereum Blockchain Application
5. Exploring an Enterprise Blockchain Application using Hyperledger Fabric
6. Implementing Business Networks Using Hyperledger Composer
7. Blockchain Use Cases

About this title

About the Authors

Xun (Brian) Wu is a senior blockchain architect and consultant. With over 20 years of hands-on experience across various technologies, including Blockchain, big data, cloud, AI, systems, and infrastructure, Brian has worked on more than 50 projects in his career. He has authored nine books, which have been published by O'Reilly, Packt, and Apress, focusing on popular fields within the Blockchain industry. The titles of his books include: Learn Ethereum (First Edition), Learn Ethereum (Second Edition), Blockchain for Teens, Hands-On Smart Contract Development with Hyperledger Fabric V2, Hyperledger Cookbook, Blockchain Quick Start Guide, Security Tokens and Stablecoins Quick Start Guide, Blockchain by Example, and Seven NoSQL Databases in a Week.

Weimin Sun has 20 years' of experience working in the financial industry. He has worked for top-tier investment and commercial banks such as J.P. Morgan, Bank of America, Citibank, and Morgan Stanley, where he also managed large teams for developing IT applications. Weimin has also held corporate titles such as executive director and senior VP in some of these firms. Weimin has in-depth knowledge of the blockchain technology, data science, data architecture, data modeling, and big data platforms. He holds Ph.D, M.B.A and M.Sc degrees. He has co-authored Blockchain Quick Start Guide and published several statistical journal papers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1789807972
• ISBN 13: 9781789807974
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222