My Ethereum experiments Write a sample auction contract and made a local test with truffle network
step 1: install truffle
npm install -g truffle
step 2: truffle init
truffle init
it creates the truffle project in your directory
step 3
write your smart contact on truffle project contracts directory
step 4 truffle compile
truffle compile
step 5 To test the contract with blockchain network, we need a sample network truffle has its on sample blockchain , you can get it by writting
truffle develop
it shows 10 accounts and its keyhaskes, you can use any of the account to test with.
step 6 Install Web3
npm install web3
This java script tool help you to connect with the blockchain network, it has some method to connect your bloackchain.
the web3 tool need your compiled code of your contact, its called abi or Application binary interface you can get
that from build folder for the app.
step 7
create your own test file in apps test folder using web3.
please look more about web3 methods