Software engineering and development consistently change over time. One of the most disruptive phases involves the distributed nature of blockchain technology and peer-to-peer architecture. Blockchain and its associated technologies, theories, architecture and implementation are impacting everyone and everything in the information technology space and will continue to do so. This course is brought to you by Brett Hooper, a software engineering guru, technical evangelist and instructor par excellence who has worked with top organizations, including Fortune 100 companies, Silicon Valley startups and the US military.

The foundation of blockchain, which supports all cryptocurrency implementations, is what we will discuss, design and program. Using the familiar scripting language JavaScript, we will delve into the critical concepts that fit together to formulate the core of the blockchain system. In addition, we will present the associated ‘token’ transactions and explain how they join together and work in the live blockchain implementation. Learn to design your project via an integrated development environment (IDE) that allows you to access a virtual server in the cloud.

Furthermore, learn how to install and use the JavaScript framework and library that provide the cryptographic utility for data encryption. Included are topics that cover transaction assembling, transaction data validation, block linking, chain validation and ‘Proof of Work’ (PoW). We will also explore coin minting, block validation, creating wallet and blockchain transactions and real-life transactional activity simulation. The course will sharpen your understanding of open-source technologies so that you can build functional blockchain-based applications with JavaScript. Start learning now!