Blockchain technology continues to disrupt a wide variety of organizations, from small businesses to the Fortune 500. Today hundreds of blockchain networks are in production, including many built with Hyperledger Fabric. This practical guide shows developers how the latest version of this blockchain infrastructure provides an ideal foundation for developing enterprise blockchain applications or solutions.

Authors Matt Zand, Xun Wu, and Mark Anthony Morris demonstrate how the versatile design of Hyperledger Fabric 2.0 satisfies a broad range of industry use cases. Developers with or without previous Hyperledger experience will discover why no other distributed ledger technology framework enjoys such wide adoption by cloud service providers such as Amazon, Alibaba, IBM, Google, and Oracle.

• Walk through the architecture and components of Hyperledger Fabric 2.0
• Migrate your current Hyperledger Fabric projects to version 2.0
• Develop blockchain applications on the Hyperledger platform with Node.js
• Deploy and integrate Hyperledger on Amazon Managed Blockchain, IBM Cloud, and Oracle Cloud
• Develop blockchain applications with Hyperledger Aries, Avalon, Besu, and Grid
• Build end-to-end blockchain supply chain applications with Hyperledger

Who Is This Book For?

The aim of this book is to show you how to build a private enterprise blockchain system using Hyperledger Fabric and how to combine various components of Fabric to create and maintain a robust, secure, and scalable blockchain application.

Topics covered in this book are geared toward beginners who want to build enterprise private blockchain applications with Hyperledger or take the Certified Hyperledger Fabric Developer (CHFD) exam. Nonetheless, at a high level, Hyperledger Fabric professionals have two major career routes: Fabric system administration and Fabric development. Each career route requires different skill sets and competencies, which can be validated by taking the Certified Hyperledger Fabric Administrator (CHFA) or CHFD exams offered by the Linux Foundation.

To become a professional Fabric developer, you should know how to design, develop, test, deploy, and invoke Fabric smart contracts. In short, you need to know the seven topics covered in this book very well.

In a nutshell, as a Fabric developer, you should demonstrate your ability to package and deploy Fabric applications and smart contracts, perform end-to-end Fabric application life-cycle and smart contract management, and program in Java, JavaScript, or Go.

Review

"Check out this book if you want to get a deeper understanding of Hyperledger Fabric and gain expertise with creating permissioned blockchain networks."—Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director for Hyperledger

"One of the best books covering Hyperledger Fabric to the degree of breadth and clarity that this piece captures. From component overview to practical examples within a relatable context, it uniquely explicates Hyperledger's inner workings in a way that is hard to match."

—Jim Murphy and Jason Jaan

Financial Transformation Partner, KPMG; Transformation Delivery Manager, KPMG

"A well-balanced comprehensive literature. This book provides that balance with an approach essential in blockchain architect skill-building. While many of its concepts may focus on Hyperledger Fabric, they are portable to other blockchain frameworks and platforms. A must-read for all aspiring blockchain architects and developers."

—Nitin Gaur Director, Financial Sciences and Digital Assets, IBM

"A great practical hands-on guide to developing smart contracts using Hyperledger Fabric on popular platforms. This book provides detailed step-by-step instructions for developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining smart contracts on popular Blockchain as a Service platforms."

—Todd Little, Oracle Blockchain Platform Architect

"Clean, clear, and clinical, this thoughtful, deep dive into Smart Contracts is a boon to blockchain development and a must-read for Hyperledger".

—Joseph Raczynski, Technologist & Futurist, Thomson Reuters

"This book makes understanding Hyperledger concepts extremely simple and easy by serving technical and nontechnical audiences to understand Hyperledger from the basics and then build on top of it. The authors allow anyone to understand the intricacies of building an enterprise blockchain application using Hyperledger."

—Andile Ngcaba, Founding Partner & Chairman of Convergence Partners

"This book is the gold standard in smart contract development. This comprehensive examination understands the challenges facing enterprises interested in implementing blockchain solutions and offers concise direction. Zand, Wu, and Morris supply readers with valuable insights for smart contract development through the hands-on techniques discussed in the text."

—Bobbi Muscara, Hyperledger TSC Member;

Chair of the Hyperledger Learning Materials Working Group;

Director of Education, Ledger Academy

"I have been building enterprise blockchain solutions for five years, and Hands-On Smart Contract Development with Hyperledger Fabric is my go-to resource for creating new blockchain use cases and improving existing solutions. This book should be in every HLF developer's toolkit."

—David Havera, Chief Blockchain Engineer, GE

"Anyone interested in smart contract development on Hyperledger Fabric should get this book both for a cover-to-cover read as well as an ongoing reference. Well written, well organized, and eminently understandable. Zand leverages his years of development training experience to deliver highly consumable foundational, strategic, and tactical knowledge for builders in the Hyperledger ecosystem."

—Eric Hess, Host of The Encrypted Economy podcast and Managing Partner of Hess Legal Counsel

"Comprehensive, easy to read, and state of the art: the first book that intuitively supports both software developers and product managers in developing real-world enterprise blockchain applications."

—Robin Pilling, CEO & Founder, Dis3bute

About the Author

Matt is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of several successful tech startups such as DC Web Makers, Coding Bootcamps and High School Technology Services. He has written more than 100 technical articles and tutorials on blockchain development for Hyperledger, Ethereum and Corda R3 platforms. At DC Web Makers, he leads a team of blockchain experts for consulting and deploying enterprise decentralized applications. As a chief architect, he has designed and developed blockchain courses and training programs for Coding Bootcamps. He has a master's degree in business management from the University of Maryland. Prior to blockchain development and consulting, he worked as senior web and mobile App developer and consultant, angel investor, business advisor for a few startup companies.

Brian is a senior blockchain architect and consultant. He is a prolific writer on the subject of blockchain. As one of the prominent voices in the blockchain community, he has written 7 books on blockchain covering popular blockchain technologies like Hyperledger and Ethereum from beginner to advance levels. He has 18+ years of extensive hands-on experience with blockchain-based enterprise application design and development, big data, cloud computing, UI, and system infrastructure solutions. He has also successfully repurposed and integrated the blockchain-based applications into gaming, supply chain, digital asset tokenization platform as well as, cryptocurrency blockchain analytics industries. In addition to his strong background in the blockchain space, he has served as the tech lead for multiple key technology initiatives at leading financial institutions including J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, and Bank of America.

Mark is an autodidact, with 30 years experience. Mark founded and hosts the following monthly meetups: Austin Blockchain Technology (est. 7/15, 2,700+ members) & Hyperledger Austin (est. 7/16, 750+ members). One of Mark’s early startups won the FDIC RTC $50M contract for Document Imaging and Workflow Automation; Mark designed and led development of a healthcare application that was nominated by the State of Texas for Best Government to Business Application Architecture & Design into the States CIO Awards competition--it manages 5,700 long term care facilities; Mark was an Independent "hired gun" for IBM, Sun Microsystems, Big 6, Fortune 500, Federal and State Government clients for over 20+ years, and is an expert in Blockchain, AI, AR, IIoT, ecommerce, security, systems integration, microservices, cryptocurrency, enterprise software systems engineering, and re-engineering to Cloud (Azure & AWS), Internet and Intranet SOA technology, and Federated Partner integration and single-sign-on. Mark's a world thought leader and true visionary-- A sample of Mark's past clients: LCRA, Epicor, IBM, Sun Microsystems, American Achievement Corp, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Gap Inc., Sprint, FDIC, Texas Department of Human Services, Blue Cross Blue Shield Assoc., CSX Intermodal, American Airlines, Federated Systems Group, Cap Gemini Inc., EDS Federal, COMCAST, Zions National Bank, Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., Federal Reserve Information Technology, Transarc (IBM)