Remember that the syntax, commands and the framework keeps on changing, so always follow documentation

truffle unbox not working, so will use truffle init to initialize project structure

Install truffle using npm

Install Ganache for setting up a local blockchain Network (Provides free 10 accounts)

truffle unbox pet-shop box or git clone if unbox not working

To connect truffle backend project with Ganache network , change truffle-config.js file as for example:

module.exports = { // See http://truffleframework.com/docs/advanced/configuration // for more about customizing your Truffle configuration! networks: { development: { host: "127.0.0.1", port: 7545, // host & port should match with ganachje rpc server network_id: "5777" // Match any netwrok id }, develop: { port: 8545 } } };

To connect truffle frontend project (client side) with Ganache , localhost:7545 is the same server where local blockchainnetwork is running

initWeb3: function() { if (typeof web3 !== 'undefined') { // If a web3 instance is already provided by Meta Mask. App.web3Provider = web3.currentProvider; web3 = new Web3(web3.currentProvider); } else { // Specify default instance if no web3 instance provided App.web3Provider = new Web3.providers.HttpProvider('http://localhost:7545'); web3 = new Web3(App.web3Provider); } return App.initContract(); },

Also to connect Ganache with truffle project link the project's truffle-config.js file to ganache

For compiling smart conrtracts run [ truffle compile ]

To migrate smart contracts to the blockchain network thats running on Ganache, run [ truffle migrate ], which will deploy and migrate all the smart contracts to the blockchain database server

When migrating smart contracts for the second time , run 9 truffle migrate --reset ]

Now its time to test our smart contracts through Mocha and Chai

inside the test directory, write js test files

And then in the truffle dev console run [ truffle test ]

run [ npm run dev ] to start project in a browser

To connect browser with ganache's blockchain network through Metamask

First of all add Ganache's rpc server manually in Metamask Then import Ganache's account and connect it to the site i.e. localhost:3000