Solidity

Solidity is a contract-oriented, high-level programming language for implementing smart contracts
It was influenced by C++, Python and JavaScript and is designed to target the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)
Solidity is statically typed, supports inheritance, libraries and complex user-defined types among other features
Solidity was first publicly discussed in 2014 and its first version was released in 2015
Solidity is developed by the Ethereum Foundation and a large community of contributors
Solidity is used to create smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain

Installation of Solidity using npm

Step 1: Install solc using npm
```
  sudo npm install -g solc
```
Step 2: Check the version of solc
```
  solcjs --version
```
Step 3: Compile the Solidity code
```
  solcjs --bin --abi HelloWorld.sol
```

Step 4: Create a file named HelloWorld.js

  var solc = require('solc');
  var fs = require('fs');
  var input = fs.readFileSync('HelloWorld.sol');
  var output = solc.compile(input.toString(), 1);
  console.log(output.contracts[':HelloWorld'].bytecode);
  console.log(output.contracts[':HelloWorld'].interface);

Step 5: Run the HelloWorld.js file
```
  node HelloWorld.js
```

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Solidity

Installation of Solidity using npm