Getting started with RSK – step by step
Hello everyone! It’s a really easy-to-follow tutorial to start with RSK Smart Contracts. It’s divided into small modules which duration are between 10 and 30 minutes, so you can organize your time and learn! First of all, We propose you to mount your own development environment. So, you should get/install:
| Tool | Details |
|---|---|
| TESTRPC | TestRPC is an in-memory blockchain that provides a fast alternative to test your contracts, since you don't have to wait for mining or get Gas to publish your contracts in real network |
| EDITOR/COMPILER | select and download one from the link |
| TRUFFLE | Truffle is a framework that helps you write, test and deploy smart contracts. It is compatible with RSK Smart |
| REMIX | an online Solidity compiler, open the link in browser |
We need TestRPC running. So, open a terminal and write:
testrpc
Ok, now you have an on memory blockchain running on your PC.
As soon as you run testrpc you can see a list of available accounts that are already created and ready to use, and also the port where TestRPC is running. The default port is 8545.
We can interact with TestRPC using the RPC protocol or Web3 (this is the Ethereum compatible JavaScript API which implements the Generic JSON RPC spec, a list of the implemented methods can be found here).
You can read step by step here how to connect Truffle to TestRPC, or see the explanation in this video.