By bridging the gap between the end user and the decentralized network systems, decentralized apps serve as the driving force behind the adoption of the decentralized web.
Their development is challenging, despite their strength (or perhaps precisely because of that). The immutable and irreversible nature of operations on the blockchain makes the process a serious pain in the neck once errors or issues arise, and the technology that dapps use is extremely specialized and complex.
This article examines the typical approach to developing dapps and their drawbacks to offer a workable fix.
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How creating a dapp look like?
Decentralized systems are fundamental to how dapps operate and carry out their functions. Blockchain technology and, in fewer instances, distributed ledger technology are the two types of decentralized networks that are most frequently used. These systems offer inherently immutable, irreversible operations and are sealed on the decentralized network when combined.
Therefore, while they provide great operating potential, dapp features also present a significant barrier to development.
The typical approach to creating a decentralized app is presented as a vague recipe with a predetermined sequence of steps. Instead, it frequently appears as follows:
Iterations and adaptations must be made frequently, and developing a dapp requires knowledge of multiple decentralized systems and communication components.
The cycle of dapp development
Let’s take a look at a dapp on the Ethereum blockchain as an example to demonstrate the typical dapp development services process.
- Install the nodes (Geth, Parity, etc.), install MetaMask, and launch the code editor before setting up the environment for writing smart contracts. You then begin building smart contracts in Solidity.
- After writing your smart contract successfully, you’ll need to test, compile, and deploy it on the Ethereum blockchain.
- The failure of the device becomes apparfunctionsint. While testing locally, it did function, but not on the Geth node. You go back, look for the mistakes (Solidity doesn’t display error messages as other environments do), make the necessary corrections, test the contract once more, compile it, and then deploy it. Now, your reason, it ought to be functional.
- Or not. This time, the contract functions on the Geth node but not on the Parity node.
- So you go back to look for the problem, which you eventually find and f, ix. You redeploy the stupid thing and wait for it to take effect.
- It just doesn’t, that’s all. You have made it work on the Geth node, just as on the Parity node. What then prevents it? The connection to MetaMask might be the cause.
- You return a third time and correct this issue as well… Right now, all of the problems have been resolved, and the smart contract is performing as you had hoped.
- If you’re less fortunate, Ganache causes problems for you. The checksum occasionally functions while other times it does not. Alternately, lowercase addresses are functional locally but not on MetaMask. And so forth.
It doesn’t stop there
Install the nodes (Geth, Parity, etc.), install MetaMask, and launch the code editor before setting up the environment for writing smart contracts. You then begin building smart contracts in Solidity.
After writing your smart contract successfully, you’ll need to test, compile, and deploy it on the Ethereum blockchain.
The failure of the device becomes apparent at that point. While trying locally, it did function, but not on the Geth node. You go back, look for the mistakes (Solidity doesn’t display error messages as other environments do), make the necessary corrections, test the contract once more, compile it, and then deploy it. Now, your reason, it ought to be functional.
Or not. This time, the contract functions on the Geth node but not on the Parity node.
So you go back to look for the problem, which you eventually find and fix. You re-deploy the stupid thing and wait for it to take effect.
It just doesn’t, that’s all. You have made it work on the Geth node, just as it does on the Parity node. What then prevents it? The connection to MetaMask might be the cause.
You return a third time and correct this issue as well. All the problems have been resolved, and the smart contract performs as you had hoped.
If you’re less fortunate, Ganache causes problems for you. The checksum occasionally functions while other times it does not. Alternately, lowercase addresses are functional locally but not on MetaMask. And so forth.
What are the issues with this approach?
This dapp development process is far from optimal and has several problems:
1. Solidity provides fewer developer-friendly features than more advanced languages, such as error warnings. As a result, you must anticipate problems before they arise and work alone to resolve them once they do.
2. There is no turning back once a block of the data string has been confirmed.
3. Prior to deployment to the blockchain, testing everything is essential, but it also costs ETH.
4. It can be challenging to muchhe best framework because each one provides a different set of features, and you might discover halfway through the coding process that you need something else.
5. Gas fees are substantial since you have to repeat the testing several times around, each time costing you some gas. Also, if you integrate functions into your smart contract, the gas cost increases.
6. Libraries in the communication layer are usually huge; they also come in many versions and produce their errors, which brings us to…
7. Very difficult front-end optimization of a dapp.
All this is inevitably time-consuming and requires a strong team of developers with years of experience, leading to significant expense and still not guaranteeing a quality end result. Since even a small mistake can cause much damage, it also takes its toll on the developer experience.
Ultimately, this slow, painful, and cost-ineffective process is one of the major blockers that prevent the adoption of blockchain tech and decentralized apps in real businesses and institutions.
How to untangle this Gordian knot and develop a dapp with much less hassle?
We could save the development teams months of work, significantly reduce their budget, and deliver better, faster results if we could condense all the complexity mentioned above into a small number of lines of code.
We think the entire dapp development process needs to be redesigned rather than addressing and improving each problem separately. Developers need a tool that saves them time and effectively addresses the issues mentioned.
The 0xcert Framework was built specifically for application developers.
- It eliminates the requirement for years of experience and blockchain expertise.
- Additionally, hiring costly auditors and security experts are not required for your project.
- You only need to be familiar with website development.
The answer is a straightforward and understandable JavaScript API that can be used on a server or in a browser.
- Direct communication is established between the Framework and the Ethereum node, and all calls are verified to function on all Ethereum nodes and MetaMask.
- The Framework successfully addresses every error that we have discovered during development, so that developers never even See them. Additionally, the Framework will incorporate error handling as soon as Solidity begins to support it.
- For deployment, each contract is pre-written, reviewed, and condensed into a single line of code.
This framework, which is opportunistic and supports two officially recognized standards and two categories of assets, was created for application developers.
- the ERC-721 standard for non-fungible tokens and the ERC-20 standard for fungible tokens (currencies).
This means you can use the Framework to develop dapps for either the industry (assets), the financial sector (currency), or both. The functions meet both standards in the Framework, and new functions are added to support these standards administratively.
The certification layer, a cutting-edge Merkle tree algorithm that enables selective data verification in any JSON Schema format, is another strong and distinctive framework component.
The best part, though? The developer community can take dapp development to a new level because it is open-source and free.
