Smart Contracts branch

[BrianGuo]

Alright everyone this is the smart contracts branch

@tjade273 @cosmoviola @LucasSwitz @sashafrolov @bleffew99 @ohadh123 @yizhouyu @jg845 @richardsfc

Next topic up is "Building a Smart Contract"

Topics to suggest? Possibly? (Feel free to add to the list)

Dev tools?

• Truffle Framework + solidity code
• Remix to be used as an instrument
• Understanding ethereum abi/ testnets
• Infura? Metamask? Mist?

Solidity code

• include examples
  • Contract X { ... ... ... }
  • functions, types, returning values, events, ...
  • storage vs memory vs callstack
  • considering security issues / optimizations

General topic of debate: should we include developer tools (is this a precedent)? Developer tools might be fickle/ nonexistant by the time this is published.

[bleffew99]

I can write something up on devtools (prob just truffle and remix for now) by tomorrow.

[GPacenza]

I can work on writing a section about Mist and Metamask for dev tools by Tuesday or before the meeting on Wednesday. Also Brian I was curious, why do you say that developer tools might be nonexistent by the time this is published?

[ohadh123]

I can write a little about the abi and testnets by next meeting

[BrianGuo]

@GPacenza Theyre constantly switching; especially in an area where people are constantly developing new tools. I didn't mean developer tools in general would be non-existant, just that the ones that we mention might not be in use

[sashafrolov]

I intend to work on the "Testing Smart Contracts" header that is currently blank in the main branch of this

[yizhouyu]

I intend to write about Remix.

[BrianGuo]

@sashafrolov Sure thing. What do you intend on writing about for testing smart contracts?

@yizhouyu Under which heading would that go in? Testing smart contracts or building? and make sure you can speak on the features of remix

[BrianGuo]

@yizhouyu see dev tools section: dev-tools.asciidoc

[LucasSwitz]

I can write about common design patterns and modularity.

[richardsfc]

I can write about solidity code and give some examples

[tjade273]

I'll do a section on optimization, assembly, efficiency, etc.

[BrianGuo]

team what do you guys think belongs in the "building smart-contracts" section? best practices, security, design patterns, development style are all in a different header. I guess I can just go through an elementary example;

[bleffew99]

@BrianGuo I think probably just go through a elementary example in solidity and go over the basic layout of a solidity contract.

[BrianGuo]

on the gitter, andreas told me that he's unsure yet of what should go in the "building a smart contract" section, but mentions that it should bridge the previous sections (intro, txns) with the following ones (gas, evm)

[BrianGuo]

just added smart contracts best practices info.