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My thoughts on Go

02/Sep/22 Derek Jarvis
new-side-quest rant

Summary My initial knee-jerk reaction about Go was correct: it's a language made by someone who is clearly very opinionated and seems to miss the forest…

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Putting It All Together

01/Sep/22 Derek Jarvis
blockchain new-side-quest

We started with an idea, then some sample code, and now we have a fully operational Death Star contract. Now we just need a network to deploy it to, and a way to talk to the contract.

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Adapting the Code - Writing Fabric Code

29/Aug/22 Derek Jarvis
blockchain new-side-quest

Hyperledger Fabric does not use the term "smart contract", but instead "chaincode". I prefer this term for two reasons: My previous team and I built…

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Adapting the Code - v1 Data Structure

29/Aug/22 Derek Jarvis
blockchain new-side-quest

Let's take a look at how the objects ended up: In addition to the improvements made above in v0.1, we have also added a key…

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Adapting the Code - Key Considerations

29/Aug/22 Derek Jarvis
blockchain new-side-quest

This entire section assumes we are using LevelDB state storage for Fabric and not CouchDB. I need to write another article to explain why and…

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Adapting the Code - Initial Improvements

23/Aug/22 Derek Jarvis
blockchain new-side-quest

What does it take to turn a program into a smart contract? Well, first we need to have an idea of what our program does…

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