Punica suite is the first dApp development framework based on the Ontology platform that encapsulates and provides all the necessary development tools and resources in a package so as to allow developers to swiftly get acquainted with dApp development.

The primary functions and attributes of the framework as as follows:

• Supports unit and functional testing, relatively simpler than the SDK testing mechanism, thus faster and convenient.

• Smart contract compilation, deployment, and testing can all be carried out using the respective commands in the command line interface, thereby making the process more efficient.

• Solo-chain allows developers to track and check the on-chain data, which is a lot more convenient and efficient than using the testnet or setting up a private node.

• The SDKs and dAPI available in different programming languages can be used to develop applications and software for all different kinds of user groups.

Tools

A whole set of development tools are a part of the Punica suite. The tools include:

• ​Punica Python CLI and Punica Typescript CLI command line tools allow the developer to conveniently compile, deploy, and test smart contracts on the testnet, mainnet and the privatenet.

• ​Punica box provides a variety of dApp templates and application use cases.

• ​Solo-chain is the private chain management tool that allows the developers to deploy a private node thereby making testing a lot more convenient.

• ​VS code extension is a Visual Studio plugin.

After installing Punica, developers can start using SmartX to develop smart contracts while referring to Punica boxes.