Re: Good Programming Tutorials? [MeanStack]

Hi!

It's pretty easy to get going.
You could use npm bitcoin: https://www.npmjs.org/package/bitcoin

It just converts a method call to a bash command.
For example you want to generate a new address in your wallet you could connect to your bitcoind client and execute

Code:

client.cmd('getnewaddress', function(err, address, resHeaders){
if (err) return console.log(err);
console.log('New Address:', address);
});

or you could just do it by implementing the above mentioned library in your code.
To make a connection to your node call this:

Code:

// all config options are optional
var client = new bitcoin.Client({
  host: 'localhost',
  port: 8332,
  user: 'username',
  pass: 'password',
  timeout: 5000
});

With the client variable you can now execute its implemented methods:

Code:

client.getNewAddress('*', function(err, address) {
if(err) return err;
console.log('Address: '+ address);
});

Also, if you want to get started and do not want to download the whole blockchain, blockchain.info has a wallet API for you to play: https://blockchain.info/de/api/json_rpc_api