Solidity development environment
(on Windows)
The core of my development environment consists of:
- Node.js and npm
- Visual Code
- GitHub
- Truffle
- OpenZeppelin
I setup an environment on Windows using David Burela’s instructions. David has since written how to use Windows subsystem for Linux, though with both environments I still find tools that don’t work unfortunately, so occassionally have to fallback to using Linux (VM) or a Mac.
Node.js and npm
Download and install Node.js from the website. (I had issues on Windows with Truffle using version 10, so changed to version 8 LTS.)
For windows users only install via npm windows-build-tools
npm install -g -production windows-build-tools
Visual Code
Download and install Visual Code from the website.
Install the solidity extension from the marketplace.
GitHub
Install GitHub from the website.
Truffle
Install truffle via npm
npm install -g truffle
If you haven’t used Truffle before, then start with the Pet Shop tutorial
Setup Infura for deploying to testnets such as ropsten using Truffle tutorial.
Install the Ganache local blockchain (though I haven’t spent any time with the GUI).
OpenZeppelin
OpenZeppelin is a collection of smart contracts, e.g. ERC20, ERC827, ERC721 implementations.
Also a great resource for looking at how to test smart contracts and configure your environment.
If you haven’t used it, start with the Truffle Open Zeppelin tutorial.