Blockchain technology can involve the implementation of various concepts such as hashing, mining, smart contracts, and cryptocurrencies. This course covers those in the context of the Ethereum blockchain network.

This course walks you through the steps involved in transaction initiation and verification in Ethereum and finally recording its details on the blockchain. This includes the use of digital signatures, hashes and state databases.

Discover the process of mining and the proof-of-work consensus algorithm in Ethereum, and explore smart contracts and the Solidity programming language which can be used to define them.

An important piece of information stored in the Ethereum network is the state of accounts. Examine types of Ethereum accounts, what is stored in them, and the Merkle-Patricia Trie data structure used to store the data.

Developing applications for Ethereum can involve a lot of tools. Explore Ethereum development tools, along with their features and limitations.

Discover how to interact with the Ethereum network using some of the UI-based clients of Metamask and Ethereum Wallet and the operations that can be performed.

Ethereum clients enable your machine to connect as a node to an Ethereum network. Explore how the Geth client can be used to provision a private network, connect to it as a node, and then interact with it as a node.

Explore the use of the Truffle framework and Ganache to manage building, testing, and deploying smart contracts and to speed up contract development.

There are a variety of tools available to develop smart contracts and interact with them. Discover how to use deployment scripts in JavaScript, develop with the Remix IDE, and interact with the Ethereum Wallet.

Final Exam: Blockchain Application Developer will test your knowledge and application of the topics presented throughout the Blockchain Application Developer track of the Skillsoft Aspire Blockchain Application Developer to Blockchain Solutions Architect Journey.

• Practice Blockchain Application Developer tasks such as working with cryptographic functions, developing, compiling and deploying a smart contract in Remix. You will also set up a private Ethereum network. Then, test your skills by answering assessment questions after interacting with a deployed smart contract.
• This lab provides access to tools typically used by Blockchain Application Developers, including:
• � Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• � NPM/Node
• � Git
• � Ethereum
• � Geth
• � Chrome
• o Remix-Ethereum IDE - https://remix.ethereum.org/
• o MetaMask Extension
• � VS Code
• o Solidity module added
• This lab is part of the Blockchain Application Developer track of the Skillsoft Aspire Blockchain Application Developer to Blockchain Solutions Architect journey.

This course lays the groundwork for the Solidity language by giving an overview of blockchains, Ethereum, smart contracts, and the high-level features of the Solidity programming language.

Take an in-depth look into the features of the Solidity language - from the types supported, to the varieties of functions, to the notion of contract inheritance. Operations such as ether transfers are also covered.

The quickest way to get started with smart contract development using Solidity is using the Remix IDE. This course explores the key features of Remix and how it can be set up to connect to private and public Ethereum networks.

Explore the various types of functions in the Solidity language - from basic getters and setters to restricted access functions. Also learn how polymorphism and inheritance are implemented in Solidity.

Transferring Ether between Ethereum Accounts is the fundamental financial transaction performed by smart contracts. Examine the different ways this can be accomplished using fallback and payable functions.

Examine the use of data structures in Solidity such as mappings and structs and explore how to use basic control structures such as if-else statements and loops.

Explore how to combine fundamental Solidity function programming skills with ether transfers and data structures to build smart contracts representing real uses cases such as polling, banking, and escrows.

Explore the foundations of Hyperledger and Fabric, including the steps involved in setting up a Fabric network from scratch and using Hyperledger Composer with business-level abstractions.

Discover how to download and install the prerequisites for Hyperledger Fabric and how to develop the configuration files required to set up a Fabric network.

Discover how to complete the provisioning of a Hyperledger Fabric network and how to develop, deploy, and work with a smart contract coded in Go.

Explore how to develop a Hyperledger Fabric smart contract to serve as an inventory of vehicles using NodeJS and how to deploy and interact with it.

Examine the steps involved in building a JavaScript web application that interacts with a smart contract deployed to an Hyperledger Fabric network.

Explore the definition and testing of a blockchain app for recording transactions on supply chain assets using the business-level abstraction of Hyperledger Composer and the Composer Playground tool.

Discover how to configure a development environment for Hyperledger Composer networks on your own machine, deploy the network definition to Fabric network, and interact with it using a web app and a REST API server.

• Practice Smart Contracts Programmer tasks such as creating smart contracts in Remix, adding function to a smart contract, and testing, reviewing and extending a smart contract. Then, test your skills by answering assessment questions after creating a Hyperledger fabric chain and creating queries fabric chaincode.
• This lab provides access to tools typically used by Smart Contracts Programmers, including:
• � Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• � NPM/Node
• � Git
• � Ethereum
• � Geth
• � Chrome
• o Remix-Ethereum IDE - https://remix.ethereum.org/
• o MetaMask Extension
• � VS Code
• o Solidity module added
• This lab is part of the Smart Contracts Programmer track of the Skillsoft Aspire Blockchain Application Developer to Blockchain Solutions Architect journey.

Final Exam: Blockchain Smart Contracts Programmer will test your knowledge and application of the topics presented throughout the Blockchain Smart Contracts Programmer track of the Skillsoft Aspire Blockchain Application Developer to Blockchain Solutions Architect Journey.

The Truffle Suite greatly simplifies and speeds up the development of Ethereum-enabled applications. Discover the tools involved and their specific functions.

Ganache is a tool which can quickly provision private, customizable Ethereum Networks which is meant to be used while developing smart contracts. Explore the use of Ganache and its integration with the Remix IDE.

Explore how the Truffle Framework simplifies and speeds up smart contract development by giving a structure to smart contract project and helping automate steps around building, testing, and deploying contracts.

Ethereum decentralized apps or dApps have a web UI with a smart contract at the back-end. Explore the integration of a Web UI with an Ethereum smart contract using React and then combining React with the Drizzle libraries.

Examine the fundamental concepts of blockchains and the features of the technology that make it ideally suited as a means for enterprises to record their transactions in a secure and scalable manner.

Discover enterprise blockchain platform requirements and how Hyperledger fulfills those needs. Explore the different Hyperledger frameworks and the Hyperledger tools that make it easier to work with them.

Hyperledger Fabric is a general purpose enterprise-grade blockchain implementation. Explore the features, architecture, and transaction flow process in Fabric, which allows it to deliver a very high throughput.

Final Exam: Blockchain Engineer will test your knowledge and application of the topics presented throughout the Blockchain Engineer track of the Skillsoft Aspire Blockchain Application Developer to Blockchain Solutions Architect Journey.

• Practice blockchain engineering tasks by creating and working with a smart contract using Truffle, Ganache, Drizzle and React.js. Then, test your skills by answering assessment questions.
• This lab provides access to tools typically used by Blockchain Engineers, including:
• � Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• � NPM/Node
• � Git
• � Ethereum
• � Geth
• � Chrome
• o Remix-Ethereum IDE - https://remix.ethereum.org/
• o MetaMask Extension
• � VS Code
• o Solidity module added
• This lab is part of the Blockchain Engineer track of the Skillsoft Aspire Blockchain Application Developer to Blockchain Solutions Architect journey.

Familiarize yourself with the theoretical knowledge required for decentralized application development for Ethereum, including reasons for building apps for the Ethereum network and the components and tools needed for these apps.

Explore the development, testing, and deployment of smart contracts and libraries using the Truffle framework. In addition, examine best practices for contract development, such as automating testing and deployments.

Delve into the development of the front end of a decentralized application for Ethereum. Discover how to build a React client that uses the Truffle Suite's Drizzle libraries to connect to and interact with a deployed smart contract.

Ethereum allows the use of customized tokens as currency in your applications, as long as they comply with one of their standards. Explore how to define these tokens in adherence to the ERC20 specifications.

Familiarize yourself with the theory behind the need for cloud-based blockchain solutions and explore the features of two of the main offerings on the market - the Azure Blockchain Workbench and Amazon Managed Blockchain.

Discover how to set up a Hyperledger Fabric network for a single organization using Amazon Managed Blockchain, including provisioning a network, peer, client, and channel and deploying chaincode.

Discover how to set up a Hyperledger Fabric network spanning two organizations using AWS Managed Blockchain, including creating proposals and multi-organization channels.

Explore how to set up an application on the Azure Blockchain Workbench, which includes provisioning the blockchain network and then developing, deploying, and testing a blockchain app.

Final Exam: Blockchain Solutions Architect will test your knowledge and application of the topics presented throughout the Blockchain Solutions Architect track of the Skillsoft Aspire Blockchain Application Developer to Blockchain Solutions Architect Journey.

• Practice Blockchain Solutions Architect tasks such as designing and implementing an Ethereum Smart Contract. Then, test your skills by answering assessment questions after creating a token on the Ethereum network.
• This lab provides access to tools typically used by Blockchain Solutions Architects, including:
• � NPM/Node
• � Git
• � Ethereum
• � Geth
• � Chrome
• o Remix-Ethereum IDE - https://remix.ethereum.org/
• o MetaMask Extension
• � VS Code - Solidity module added
• This lab is part of the Blockchain Solutions Architect track of the Skillsoft Aspire Blockchain Application Developer to Blockchain Solutions Architect journey.