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Recap
In our previous article ( Review of Ethereum Tools and Infrastructure), we discussed Ethereum tools and infrastructure.
In this article, we learn about Ethereum tools and frameworks.
Ethereum Tools and Frameworks
The following diagram shows the full stack of a framework, along with the library, tools, and infrastructure you will need to develop your DApps. Many of these tools, frameworks, and infrastructures have been discussed in this series:
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The infrastructure is explained in further detail as follows:
- There are many types of wallets, including browser extensions, web wallets, mobile wallets, as well as hardware wallets. You can choose any wallet with your DApps, but using one that has compliance with ERC-20 is recommended.
- For the frontend API to connect your wallet and UI application to the Ethereum network, you need an API such as web3.js. For a reactive type single page application, you might want to use web3-react with your React JavaScript framework.
- In terms of smart contracts, there are a few choices, though the most popular one is Solidity.
- For Ethereum network clients, there are quite a few to choose from if you plan on running as the Ethereum client. Geth and Parity are a few that we mentioned in our earlier articles.
- For DApps to access data or communicate with each other, we need to use a storage messager. IPFS, Swarm, and Whisper are a few that we can use.
- BigchainDB is a blockchain database that can be leveraged as data or file storage. Ethereum provides the Oraclize API for accessing external blockchain or non- blockchain data sources. Lower-level messaging APIs such as Devp2p, along with the RLPx protocol, allow P2P messaging between network nodes. IPFS, Swarm, and Whisper were mentioned in our earlier articles.
Next Article
In our next article ( Review of 100 DApps that Run on Ethereum Network), we survey 100 DApps running on Ethereum.
This article is written in collaboration with Brian Wu who is a leading author of “Learn Ethereum: Build your own decentralized applications with Ethereum and smart contracts” book. He has written 7 books on blockchain development.
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