Deploying and testing on private net
Testing contracts on private net
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Testing contracts on private net
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This brief tutorial will help you with private chain smart contract set-up, testing, and finally deployment on the MainNet.
There are certain tools that will be key to the process that follows-
SmartX - Ontology's online Smart contract IDE and debugger.
Solo-chain - A pre-built private chain.
Cyano wallet - Ontology's Google Chrome plug-in.
Solo-chain is a pre-built private chain. It encapsulates many different network communication and monitoring tools.
Set up solo-chain and verify whether it operates as configured. You can do this by checking the blocks that are currently being generated and the transactions that are taking place.
Please note down the IP address that is displayed in the control panel for future reference.
Cyano wallet is a chrome integrated development program which allows developers to deploy and test smart contracts on the TestNet and MainNet.
Change the "Net" option to PRIVATE-NET, and paste the IP address copied from solo-chain (Under normal circumstances the address of the private node is 127.0.0.1). Save the settings by scrolling down and clicking the save button at the bottom.
For users with slower network speeds, the connection phase might take a few seconds.
Next, the private key is imported to the Cyano wallet from the solo-chain.
At the end, transactions can be initiated and the transaction fees can be drawn in ONG. The transaction fees here refer to the costs incurred during the testing and deployment phases of the smart contract respectively.
We will use SmartX to develop, compile, and test smart contracts. Useful information regarding Smart contract development can be found here.
You can login to SmartX using your Cyano wallet .dat file if you're already registered, or you can login using Github.
Once logged in, you can create a new project. After selecting the new project option, you will be prompted to select a programming language.
Select the programming language of your choice. Next, a list of templates will appear. Select the template that is the most appropriate, or you can choose to choose the "Blank" option in case you want to start with a blank file. Give your file a name and proceed.
For simplicity, here we demonstrate the "Domain" template written in Python.
The next window that pops up is the main IDE that encapsulates editing, compilation, and testing of smart contracts into one convenient package.
Once you complete the editing process of your code, it can be compiled using the compile function that is accessible from the right hand side pane under the compile section. If the code is successfully compiled, a lot of useful information such as the AVM bytecode and the ABI details will be displayed on the bottom.
Next, you may proceed to deploy the contract.
Please note that deploying, running and testing contracts incurs gas cost and uses 0.01 units of ONG, and thus requires a certain amount of ONG balance to be present in your wallet. In case you don't have any, test tokens are available free of cost and can be applied for here.
Fill in the details and deploy the contract.
Using solo-chain, it can be confirmed whether or not the smart contract was successfully deployed. If the contract is deployed successfully you may then run it.
Under the run tab, the contract hash and a drop down list populated with the available functions can be accessed. The respective arguments in their corresponding data types can be passed through this pane.
The three operations over here can be used to perform the following functions-
Debug Run: can be used to verify whether the code works as intended within the local environment.
Pre-Run: can be used to invoke the query method, get the gas limit of the contract.
Run: the engine calls the smart contract and brings up the wallet, wherein the gas price can be set. Once confirmed, the transaction is authorized and the transaction fee is charged in ONG.
Every time the system returns a value or response, it will be displayed in the logs section. The return values are limited to hashes and hexadecimal values. There is a separate "Tool" section in the top right hand pane which facilitates conversion between different units and data types along with providing other useful functions.
The "Test" tab allows for multiple functions to be executed simultaneously. This allows for testing to mimic how the smart contract would actually function in real time when integrated into a dApp.
The "restful" tab refers to the restful API that Ontology employs as the link that allows for communication with nodes. Here we use it to fetch chain and transaction related information.
The collapsed result tab in the pop-up window includes detailed information with respect to the query. The tab can be expanded to reveal the information.
Once the testing phase completes, we can move on to deploying the smart contract on the MainNet.
Save the settings and your wallet will connect to the MainNet.
At this point, do ensure that your wallet has enough gas to further deploy contracts.
Next, you may return to SmartX and continue with the development process. The procedure to test and deploy the contracts does not change. Before you proceed, do confirm that the wallet's connection to the MainNet is still intact.
Install Cyano wallet and then in the main window click on the icon in the top right corner.
Once Cyano successfully connects to the private net, the icon at the bottom right corner of the wallet window will change to icon indicating that the connection has been successfully established.
First, bring up the Cyano wallet and access settings by clicking on the cog in the top right hand corner.
