Debugging with Truffle CLI

Solidity Smart Contract Debugging: Truffle CLI Practical Guide

For more than 30 years, debuggers have been an indispensable tool in software development. Modern debuggers allow us to:

• Single-step code
• Set breakpoint
• Set conditions for breakpoints
• Runtime evaluation expression

Most modern debuggers are highly integrated into the development environment of the languages ​​they serve. They allow setting breakpoints by clicking on line numbers, evaluating expressions by hovering over variables, writing conditional breakpoints in code comments... and so on.

So, what is the current situation of Solidity smart contract debugging and debugger?

Key Points

• Truffle CLI is an integral part of the Truffle suite, providing a simplified process for compiling, migrating, testing and debugging Ethereum smart contracts.
• Setting up projects with Truffle includes initializing a new project directory, configuring network settings in truffle.js, and deploying using the Truffle development environment.
• Debugging with Truffle CLI requires identifying the transaction hash of the function call to be debugged, and use the truffle debug tx_hash command to execute the transaction step by step.
• Common debugging tasks include stepping through contract functions, checking variable status, and evaluating expressions to diagnose and fix problems in smart contract code.

Solidity debugger

Like most blockchain technologies, we are still in our infancy. The basic debugger is already available (and is rapidly evolving), but there is no editor integration yet, and the debugger relies heavily on the selected framework. In this article, we will explore the Solidity debugger bundled with the Truffle suite.

Beginner

First, we need to install all the necessary tools. Fortunately, the Truffle framework is very well-developed, so we just need to install it.

First, install Node.js and NPM. After installing Node, you can verify that it is installed by checking the version of the tool:

If your Node is running, let's install the Truffle framework. This can be simplified by using npm, just run the following command:

➜  ~ node -v
v10.2.1
➜  ~ npm -v
5.6.0

You can check whether the installation is successful by checking the version:

npm install -g truffle

Project Settings

truffle version
Truffle v4.1.11 (core: 4.1.11)
Solidity v0.4.24 (solc-js)

Now that you have set up Truffle, let's create a new (empty) Truffle project. Open your terminal, locate yourself to the desired directory and run truffle init. The output should be similar to this:

After doing this, you should have a contract structure similar to this:

truffle init
Downloading...
Unpacking...
Setting up...
Unbox successful. Sweet!

Commands:

  Compile:        truffle compile
  Migrate:        truffle migrate
  Test contracts: truffle test

Now open the truffle.js file and put the following data into it:

<code>.
├── contracts
│   └── Migrations.sol
├── migrations
│   └── 1_initial_migration.js
├── test
├── truffle-config.js
└── truffle.js</code>

Save the file and run truffle develop. You should get an output similar to this:

module.exports = {
  networks: {
      development: {
          port: 9545,
          host: "127.0.0.1",
          network_id: "*"
      }
  }
};

This launches a Truffle development blockchain instance powered by ganache-cli (formerly TestRPC).

<code>truffle develop
Truffle Develop started at http://127.0.0.1:9545/

... (账户和私钥信息) ...</code>

Writing and deploying contracts

In the contracts directory, create a file named Storage.sol. In this file, put the following code:

➜  ~ node -v
v10.2.1
➜  ~ npm -v
5.6.0

After this is done, your file structure should look like this:

npm install -g truffle

In the migrations directory, create a new file named 2_deploy_migrations.js and put the following code into it:

truffle version
Truffle v4.1.11 (core: 4.1.11)
Solidity v0.4.24 (solc-js)

This code defines how Truffle migrates our projects to the blockchain.

Now open a new tab in the terminal (keep truffle develop running) and run truffle migrate. This will compile and migrate your contract to the development blockchain. You should get an output similar to this:

truffle init
Downloading...
Unpacking...
Setting up...
Unbox successful. Sweet!

Commands:

  Compile:        truffle compile
  Migrate:        truffle migrate
  Test contracts: truffle test

Run the truffle console now. This will open an interactive console for you to test your contract. Do the following in the console:

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FAQ (FAQ) About Debugging with Truffle CLI

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All in all, this article provides a more streamlined and easy-to-understand Solidity smart contract debugging guide and fixes code errors in the original text. Readers can follow the steps step by step to master the skills of using Truffle CLI to debug smart contracts.

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