This document provides instructions for setting up a local Solidity development environment including installing Node.js, the Solc, Truffle and Testrpc npm packages, creating a Truffle project, and running basic commands like truffle compile and truffle migrate. It also includes links for installing Node.js on Mac and Windows as well as contact information for the authors.

1. Setting Up a Solidity
Environment
By Angello Pozo & Jason Robert

2. What is Solidity?
• Compiles down to op codes that are run on Ethereum
• Use the Blockchain as a server and a DB

3. Image of What’s Happening

4. For Local Development
• Node.js (system program)
• Solc (npm package)
• Truffle (npm package)
• Testrpc (npm Package)

5. Installing Node
Mac
1. Install Homebrew
(https://brew.sh)
2. Open command line
1. brew install node
2. node -v
Windows
• Go to https://nodejs.org/en/
• Open command line
• node -v

6. Install Global NPM Packages
1. In command line
1. npm install solc –g
2. npm install truffle –g
3. npm install ethereumjs-testrpc -g

7. Creating Project with Truffle
• In the command line
• cd ~ && mkdir code && cd code
• truffle init
• ls -la
• Open a new terminal tab or window
• testrpc

9. Let’s See it Working!!
• Command line
• truffle compile
• truffle migrate –reset
• truffle test

10. Minor Change to Tests
• Go to link
• Short  http://bit.ly/2o6lM5L
• Raw  https://gist.github.com/sogoiii/d3b512aab0623d4ad1da5c5bde3d3323
• Copy and paste over the `./test/metacoin.js` file
• Run `truffle test` in command line

11. Contact Us @ www.hellosugoi.com
• Angello Pozo
• angello@hellosugoi.com
• https://medium.com/@angellopozo
• Jason Robert
• jason@hellosugoi.com
• https://medium.com/@jason.robert
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