Truffle framework and decentralized Ethereum apps (Changelog Interviews #287)

Tim Coulter joined the show to talk about Truffle — a development environment, testing framework, and asset pipeline for Ethereum. We talked with Tim about how he got into Ethereum and dapp development, Solidity vs JavaScript, smart contract testing, EthPM which is like npm but for Ethereum, Why decentralization? Why dapps? Basically, why rebuild the internet? And last but not least - who’s using Truffle and what have they built with it?

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Featuring:

• Tim Coulter – GitHub, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• ConsenSys Labs
• Truffle Suite - Your Ethereum Swiss Army Knife
• Docs: Choosing an Ethereum client
• Truffle Boxes - helpful boilerplates that allow you to focus on what makes your dapp unique
• Truffle tutorials
• Truffle stats dashboard
• Ganache - Quickly fire up a personal Ethereum blockchain which you can use to run tests, execute commands, and inspect state while controlling how the chain operates.
• ethpm (Ethereum Package Management)
• Drizzle: Reactive Ethereum data for front-ends
• ConsenSys on Gitter

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