Learn quick and effective techniques for developing blockchain-based distributed ledgers with ease
Key Features
- Discover why blockchain is a game changer in the technology landscape
- Set up blockchain networks using Hyperledger Fabric
- Write smart contracts at speed with Hyperledger Composer
Book Description
Blockchain and Hyperledger are open source technologies that power the development of decentralized applications. This Learning Path is your helpful reference for exploring and building blockchain networks using Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, and Hyperledger Composer.
Blockchain Development with Hyperledger will start off by giving you an overview of blockchain and demonstrating how you can set up an Ethereum development environment for developing, packaging, building, and testing campaign-decentralized applications. You'll then explore the de facto language Solidity, which you can use to develop decentralized applications in Ethereum. Following this, you'll be able to configure Hyperledger Fabric and use it to build private blockchain networks and applications that connect to them. Toward the later chapters, you'll learn how to design and launch a network, and even implement smart contracts in chain code. By the end of this Learning Path, you'll be able to build and deploy your own decentralized applications by addressing the key pain points encountered in the blockchain life cycle.
This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products:
- Blockchain Quick Start Guide by Xun (Brian) Wu and Weimin Sun
- Hands-On Blockchain with Hyperledger by Nitin Gaur et al.
What you will learn
- Understand why decentralized applications are necessary
- Develop and test a decentralized application with Hyperledger Fabric and Hyperledger Composer
- Write and test a smart contract using Solidity
- Design transaction models and chain code with Golang
- Deploy the Composer REpresentational State Transfer (REST) Gateway to access Composer transactions
- Maintain, monitor, and manage your blockchain solutions
Who this book is for
This Learning Path is designed for blockchain developers who want to build decentralized applications and smart contracts from scratch using Hyperledger. Basic familiarity with or exposure to any programming language will be useful to get started with this course.
Table of Contents
- Blockchain - Enterprise and Industry Perspective
- Exploring Hyperledger Fabric
- Setting the Stage with a Business Scenario
- Designing a Data and Transaction Model with Golang
- Exposing Network Assets and Transactions
- Business Networks
- A Business Network Example
- Agility in a Blockchain Network
- Life in a Blockchain Network
- Governance, Necessary Evil of Regulated Industries
- Hyperledger Fabric Security
- Introduction to Blockchain Technology
- Ethereum Fundamentals
- Overview of Solidity Programming
- Building an Ethereum Blockchain Application
- Exploring an Enterprise Blockchain Application Using Hyperledger Fabric
- Implementing Business Networks Using Hyperledger Composer
- Blockchain Use Cases
Dr. Salman A. Baset is currently working as CTO Security, IBM Blockchain Solutions. He oversees the security and compliance of blockchain solutions being built by IBM in collaboration with partners such as Walmart and Maersk, and interfaces with clients on blockchain solutions and their security. He drives the implementation of General Data Protection Regulation for blockchain-based solutions. Moreover, he has also built the identity management system which is being used by Fortune 500 companies involved in Global Trade Digitization and Food Trust blockchain solutions.
Luc is an IBM Certified IT Architect with over 20 years of experience. Throughout his career, Luc has taken on different roles: developer, consultant, pre-sales architect. He recently moved his family from Canada to the UK to work in a great lab: IBM Hursley. This is where he had the opportunity to join the IBM Blockchain team. He is now working with clients across multiple industries to help them explore and understand how Blockchain technologies can enable transformative use cases and solutions.
Nitin, in his current role as Director of IBM's Blockchain Labs, is responsible for instituting a body of knowledge and organizational understanding around blockchain technology and industry specific applications. Tenacious and customer focused, Nitin is renown for his ability to analyze opportunities and create technologies that align with operational needs, catapult profitability, and dramatically improve the end-customer experience. Nitin is also an IBM Distinguished Engineer.
Petr is a Research Scientist at IBM Research with more than 15 years of experience in engineering and research of software systems. He received the M.Sc. degree from University College London and the Ph.D. degree from Imperial College London, where he was also a post-doctoral Research Associate, as well as visiting scientist at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. At IBM, he works on innovations of Blockchain technologies and leads the development of Blockchain solutions and analytical tools.
Anthony O'Dowd is a technical leader in IBM's Blockchain team. Anthony is based in Europe as part of a worldwide team that help users build business solutions which benefit from Blockchain technology. Anthony has a background in middle and back office systems, and has led the development of key IBM middleware in enterprise messaging and integration. He likes to work with different industry users to understand how they can exploit middleware to build more efficient, integrated business systems.
