This tool helps to create Web3.js
based Hardhat
project for contracts develpoment, testing and deployment. It includes a sample contract, some tests for that contract, and a script that deploys the contract.
The project utilizes:
- Hardhat as the development environment
- Chai for assertions
- web3.js for interacting with Ethereum
Contains template using: Web3.js, Hardhat and JavaScript
Contains template using: Web3.js, Hardhat and TypeScript
- Node.js and npm (latest version)
- Basic understanding of JavaScript and Ethereum smart contracts
Follow these steps to set up and run the project locally.
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Make a new directory:
mkdir newproj
Note: If you install create-hardhat-web3
globally in your local computer using
npm install -g create-hardhat-web3
, step 2 and step 3 can be skipped and directly project can be created using step 4.
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Create Node.js project using NPM or Yarn:
npm init -y
oryarn init -y
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Install create-hardhat-web3 .
npm i create-hardhat-web3
oryarn add create-hardhat-web3
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Use required template for initilization of your project.
For Hardhat, Web3.js, Javascript project :
npx create-hardhat-web3 init js
For Hardhat, Web3.js Typescript project :
npx create-hardhat-web3 init ts
Once project is created using template install dependencies using:
npm i
or yarn
After installing dependencies compile the smart contract with:
npx hardhat compile
This compiles contracts in the contracts/
directory and generates artifacts.
Execute tests with:
npx hardhat test
This runs all test files in the test/
directory.
contracts/
: Solidity smart contractstest/
: Test files for smart contractshardhat.config.js
: Hardhat configuration