Ethereum Development with Go

A little guide book on Ethereum Development with Go (golang)

Online

https://goethereumbook.org

E-book

The e-book is avaiable in different formats.

• PDF
• EPUB
• MOBI

Languages

• English
• Chinese中文

Contents

• Introduction
• Client

* Setting up the Client

• Accounts

* Account Balances * Account Token Balances * Generating New Wallets * Keystores * HD Wallets * Address Check

• Transactions

* Querying Blocks * Querying Transactions * Transferring ETH * Transferring Tokens * Subscribing to New Blocks * Create Raw Transaction * Send Raw Transaction

• Smart Contracts

* Smart Contract Compilation & ABI * Deploying a Smart Contract * Loading a Smart Contract * Querying a Smart Contract * Writing to a Smart Contract * Reading Smart Contract Bytecode * Querying an ERC20 Token Smart Contract

• Event Logs

* Subscribing to Event Logs * Reading Event Logs * Reading ERC-20 Token Event Logs * Reading 0x Protocol Event Logs

• Signatures

* Generating Signatures * Verifying Signatures

• Testing

* Faucets * Using a Simulated Client

• Swarm

* Setting Up Swarm * Uploading Files to Swarm * Download Files From Swarm

• Whisper

* Connecting Whisper Client * Generating Whisper Key Pair * Sending Messages on Whisper * Subscribing to Whisper Messages

• Utilities

* Collection of Utility Functions

• Glossary
• Resources

Help & Support

• Join the #ethereum channel on the gophers slack for Go (golang) help

• The Ethereum StackExchange is a great place to ask general Ethereum question and Go specific questions

Development

Install dependencies:

make install

Run gitbook server:

make serve

Generating e-book in pdf, mobi, and epub format:

make ebooks

Visit http://localhost:4000

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome!

If making general content fixes:

• please double check for typos and cite any relevant sources in the comments.

If updating code examples:

• make sure to update both the code in the markdown files as well as the code in the code folder.

If wanting to add a new translation, follow these instructions:

• Set up development environment

• Add language to LANGS.md

• Copy the the en directory and rename it with the 2 letter language code of the language you're translating to (e.g. zh)

• Translate content

• Set "root" to "./" in book.json if not already set

Thanks

Thanks to @qbig and @gzuhlwang for the Chinese translation.

And thanks to all the contributors who have contributed to this guide book.

License

Released under the CC0-1.0 license.

© Miguel Mota