This app demonstrates who to write server side Ethereum code. Most of the tutorials I found focus on Dapps -- I'd recommend this Dapp tutorial by ConsenSys if that's what you're looking for. However, I wanted to manipulate an Ethereum node from a backend server.
- cpp-ethereum - for
solc, the solidity contract compiler - ethereumjs-testrpc - A Ethereum JSON-RPC simulator. Let's you run tests really fast.
- geth - For running a real JSON-RPC node.
- PostgreSQL - in case I need a database later, though I may yank that out.
- Manipulate Ethereum wallet and execute transactions on the server side, including creating contracts and accounts.
- Create unit tests and integration tests.
- Create an automated deployment mechanism (normally I'd use Heroku, but the geth node dependency means that won't work.)
- Communicate with a separate web server.
- Run some unit tests against contracts.
- Use the Ethereum Ruby api.
- Make sure
testrpcis running rake spec
This README would normally document whatever steps are necessary to get the application up and running.
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Ruby version
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System dependencies
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Configuration
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Database creation
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Database initialization
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How to run the test suite
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Services (job queues, cache servers, search engines, etc.)
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Deployment instructions
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