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I finished my first dapp with (react-boilerplate)[https://github.com/mxstbr/] this week and here are the few things I learnt. I won’t get into the redux, redux-saga details, I let you play with the amazing boilerplate. Interacting with constant functions Let’s use the typical balanceOf function of the EIP20 contracts: function balanceOf(address _owner) constant returns (uint256 balance) { return balances[_owner]; } Here are the sagas (redux-sagas) I used to interact: import { take, call, put, cancel, select, fork } from 'redux-saga/effects'; import { BALANCE_OF_GET, } from '....

The contract contract Trigger { function () { throw; } address owner; function Trigger() { owner = msg.sender; } event TriggerEvt(address _sender, uint _trigger); function trigger(uint _trigger) { TriggerEvt(msg.sender, _trigger); } function getOwner() constant returns (address) { return owner; } } This is a very simple contract that we will take as an example. Getting the right tools for binding A good starting point is this wiki. You will need to follow the install procedure of go-ethereum....

Part 1 - Setup your ethereum node There are many ways you can setup a node to dev an Ethereum dapp. You can use the live network: not advisable obviously for cost and speed reasons. You can use the test network: not advisable for speed reasons. You can use a testchain set up with Geth: easy but a bit tedious as you need to mine. You can the ethereum testrpc: easiest!...