The Fabric Smart Client (FSC, for short) is a new Fabric client-side component whose objective is twofold.
- To simplify the development of Fabric-based distributed application by hiding the complexity of Fabric and leveraging
Fabric's
Hidden Gemsthat too often are underestimated if not ignored. - To allow developers and/or domain experts to focus on the business processes and not the blockchain technicalities.
Fabric Smart Client has not been audited and is provided as-is, use at your own risk. The project will be subject to rapid changes to complete the list of features.
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Documentation: Discover the design principles of the Fabric Smart Client based on theHidden Gemsof Hyperledger Fabric. -
Samples: A collection of sample applications that demonstrate the use of the Fabric Smart Client. -
Feedback: Your help is the key to the success of the Fabric Smart Client.- Submit your issues
here. - If you have any questions, queries or comments, find us on GitHub discussions.
- Submit your issues
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Fabric Token SDK: Do you want to develop Token-Based Distributed application with simplicity and joy? Check our Token SDK outhere.
Clone the code and make sure it is on your $GOPATH.
(Important: we assume in this documentation and default configuration that your $GOPATH has a single root-directoy!).
Sometimes, we use $FSC_PATH to refer to the Fabric Smart Client repository in your filesystem.
export $FSC_PATH=$GOPATH/src/github.com/hyperledger-labs/fabric-smart-client
git clone https://github.com/hyperledger-labs/fabric-smart-client.git $FSC_PATHYou are ready to run the samples in $FSC_PATH.
Found a bug? Need help to fix an issue? You have a great idea for a new feature? Talk to us! You can reach us on Discord in #fabric-smart-client.
Hyperledger Fabric is a permissioned, modular, and extensible open-source
DLT platform. Fabric architecture follows a novel execute-order-validate paradigm that supports distributed
execution of untrusted code in an untrusted environment. Indeed, Fabric-based distributed applications can
be written in any general-purpose programming language.
Developing applications for Hyperledger Fabric is often hard, sometimes painful. Fabric is a very powerful
ecosystem whose building blocks must be carefully orchestrated to achieve the desired results. Currently,
the Fabric Client SDKs are too limited. They do not offer any advanced capabilities to let the developers
focus on the application business processes, and harness the full potential of Fabric.
What would happen if the developers could use a Smart(er) Fabric Client that offers:
- A high level API that hides the complexity of Fabric;
- A Peer-to-Peer infrastructure that let Fabric Clients and Endorsers talk to each as required by the business processes;
- Advanced transaction orchestration;
- A simplified model to interact with chaincodes;
- A State-based programming model that let you forget about RW sets and focus on business objects and their interactions?
Developing Fabric-based distributed applications would become simpler and joyful. If you are a domain expert, the Fabric Smart Client hides the complexity of Fabric and allows you to focus on the business interactions. If you are a skilled software engineer, you will be able to leverage the full power of Fabric.
But, this is not all. The Fabric Smart Client is a client-side component that can be used to develop applications:
- Based on other backends like
Orion. - With interoperability using the
Weaverframework. - With TEE support as offered by
Fabric Private Chaincode. - And more...
Explore our Samples to see how you can use the Fabric Smart Client to develop your own applications.
Write tests. Not too many. Mostly Integration
We also believe that when developing new functions running tests is preferable than running the application to verify the code is working as expected.
We use SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see the tags on this repository.
This project is licensed under the Apache 2 License - see the LICENSE file for details