Web to blockchain

1. In many cases of blockchain commercial application, we can always see the word baas. Baas is the abbreviation of blockchain as a service, which is translated into "blockchain as a service" in Chinese. So what is blockchain as a service baas? With this question, we will follow Xiao Wang of Renren blockchain technology team to discuss it carefully
according to Xiao Wang, the concept of blockchain as a service (baas) is mainly proposed by Microsoft and IBM. To put it bluntly, it is actually a new type of cloud service, a cloud service combined with blockchain technology. For example, Microsoft's azure cloud computing platform and IBM's bluemix garage cloud platform all provide blockchain as a service baas
blockchain as a service (baas) is a space created by enterprises such as Microsoft and IBM from their own cloud service network to run a blockchain node. Compared with ordinary nodes and exchange nodes, the main purpose of baas nodes is to quickly establish the development environment they need, and provide a series of operation services based on blockchain, such as search query, transaction submission, data analysis, etc. these services can be centralized or decentralized to help developers verify their concepts and models faster. The service of baas node is reflected in: it is more instrumental and easy to create, deploy, run and monitor blockchain.

2. Blockchain technology belongs to the software development instry. If the technology is in place, it's certainly not difficult. Otherwise, if you don't know anything about it, it's extremely difficult. You can measure your own level and outsource if you can't

3. At present, there are not many videos on the market for systematic learning of blockchain, and self-learning of blockchain is still relatively rare. You can apply for classes. Black horse programmers will open a new blockchain discipline. Teachers will teach in an easy-to-understand way and explain in simple terms. You can certainly learn it.

4. Depending on your basic level, if you have a certain technical foundation for development, it is relatively easy to learn
"chainman College" offers short weekend technical training courses for colleges with a certain programming foundation. You can investigate them and ask about your situation.

5. There are almost all of them on the Internet, but the content is not well distributed, so it must be a new technology. In depth understanding can be obtained through some R & D companies and blockchain media, such as Heshu software, blockhouse, Heshu media, blockchain 110 and other websites. I hope I can help you. Thank you

6. When a simple project starts, it usually takes about one second. You can open the Tomcat directory to see if there is your project folder in webapp. If you use MyEclipse, the deployment is very simple. There is a deployment button on the left side of the server icon to add the project to the server

7. <span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'use strict';</span>var CryptoJS = require("crypto-js");var express = require("express");var bodyParser = require('body-parser');var WebSocket = require("ws");var http_port = process.env.HTTP_PORT || 3001;var p2p_port = process.env.P2P_PORT || 6001;var initialPeers = process.env.PEERS ? process.env.PEERS.split(',') : [];class Block { constructor(index, previousHash, timestamp, data, hash) { this.index = index; this.previousHash = previousHash.toString(); this.timestamp = timestamp; this.data = data; this.hash = hash.toString(); }}var sockets = [];var MessageType = { QUERY_LATEST: 0, QUERY_ALL: 1, RESPONSE_BLOCKCHAIN: 2};var getGenesisBlock = () => { return new Block(0, "0", 1465154705, "my genesis block!!", "");};var blockchain = [getGenesisBlock()];var initHttpServer = () => { var app = express(); app.use(bodyParser.json()); app.get('/blocks', (req, res) => res.send(JSON.stringify(blockchain))); app.post('/mineBlock', (req, res) => { var newBlock = generateNextBlock(req.body.data); addBlock(newBlock); broadcast(responseLatestMsg()); console.log('block added: ' + JSON.stringify(newBlock)); res.send(); }); app.get('/peers', (req, res) => { res.send(sockets.map(s => s._socket.remoteAddress + ':' + s._socket.remotePort)); }); app.post('/addPeer', (req, res) => { connectToPeers([req.body.peer]); res.send(); }); app.listen(http_port, () => console.log('Listening http on port: ' + http_port));};var initP2PServer = () => { var server = new WebSocket.Server({port: p2p_port}); server.on('connection', ws => initConnection(ws)); console.log('listening websocket p2p port on: ' + p2p_port);};var initConnection = (ws) => { sockets.push(ws); initMessageHandler(ws); initErrorHandler(ws); write(ws, queryChainLengthMsg());};var initMessageHandler = (ws) => { ws.on('message', (data) => { var message = JSON.parse(data); console.log('Received message' + JSON.stringify(message)); switch (message.type) { case MessageType.QUERY_LATEST: write(ws, responseLatestMsg()); break; case MessageType.QUERY_ALL: write(ws, responseChainMsg()); break; case MessageType.RESPONSE_BLOCKCHAIN: handleBlockchainResponse(message); break; } });};var initErrorHandler = (ws) => { var closeConnection = (ws) => { console.log('connection failed to peer: ' + ws.url); sockets.splice(sockets.indexOf(ws), 1); }; ws.on('close', () => closeConnection(ws)); ws.on('error', () => closeConnection(ws));};var generateNextBlock = (blockData) => { var previousBlock = getLatestBlock(); var nextIndex = previousBlock.index + 1; var nextTimestamp = new Date().getTime() / 1000; var nextHash = calculateHash(nextIndex, previousBlock.hash, nextTimestamp, blockData); return new Block(nextIndex, previousBlock.hash, nextTimestamp, blockData, nextHash);};var calculateHashForBlock = (block) => { return calculateHash(block.index, block.previousHash, block.timestamp, block.data);};var calculateHash = (index, previousHash, timestamp, data) => { return CryptoJS.SHA256(index + previousHash + timestamp + data).toString();};var addBlock = (newBlock) => { if (isValidNewBlock(newBlock, getLatestBlock())) { blockchain.push(newBlock); }};var isValidNewBlock = (newBlock, previousBlock) => { if (previousBlock.index + 1 !== newBlock.index) { console.log('invalid index'); return false; } else if (previousBlock.hash !== newBlock.previousHash) { console.log('invalid previoushash'); return false; } else if (calculateHashForBlock(newBlock) !== newBlock.hash) { console.log(typeof (newBlock.hash) + ' ' + typeof calculateHashForBlock(newBlock)); console.log('invalid hash: ' + calculateHashForBlock(newBlock) + ' ' + newBlock.hash); return false; } return true;};var connectToPeers = (newPeers) => { newPeers.forEach((peer) => { var ws = new WebSocket(peer); ws.on('open', () => initConnection(ws)); ws.on('error', () => { console.log('connection failed') }); });};var handleBlockchainResponse = (message) => { var receivedBlocks = JSON.parse(message.data).sort((b1, b2) => (b1.index - b2.index)); var latestBlockReceived = receivedBlocks[receivedBlocks.length - 1]; var latestBlockHeld = getLatestBlock(); if (latestBlockReceived.index > latestBlockHeld.index) { console.log('blockchain possibly behind. We got: ' + latestBlockHeld.index + ' Peer got: ' + latestBlockReceived.index); if (latestBlockHeld.hash === latestBlockReceived.previousHash) { console.log("We can append the received block to our chain"); blockchain.push(latestBlockReceived); broadcast(responseLatestMsg()); } else if (receivedBlocks.length === 1) { console.log("We have to query the chain from our peer"); broadcast(queryAllMsg()); } else { console.log("Received blockchain is longer than current blockchain"); replaceChain(receivedBlocks); } } else { console.log('received blockchain is not longer than received blockchain. Do nothing'); }};var replaceChain = (newBlocks) => { if (isValidChain(newBlocks) && newBlocks.length > blockchain.length) { console.log('Received blockchain is valid. Replacing current blockchain with received blockchain'); blockchain = newBlocks; broadcast(responseLatestMsg()); } else { console.log('Received blockchain invalid'); }};var isValidChain = (blockchainToValidate) => { if (JSON.stringify(blockchainToValidate[0]) !== JSON.stringify(getGenesisBlock())) { return false; } var tempBlocks = [blockchainToValidate[0]]; for (var i = 1; i < blockchainToValidate.length; i++) { if (isValidNewBlock(blockchainToValidate[i], tempBlocks[i - 1])) { tempBlocks.push(blockchainToValidate[i]); } else { return false; } } return true;};var getLatestBlock = () => blockchain[blockchain.length - 1];var queryChainLengthMsg = () => ({'type': MessageType.QUERY_LATEST});var queryAllMsg = () => ({'type': MessageType.QUERY_ALL});var responseChainMsg = () =>({ 'type': MessageType.RESPONSE_BLOCKCHAIN, 'data': JSON.stringify(blockchain)});var responseLatestMsg = () => ({ 'type': MessageType.RESPONSE_BLOCKCHAIN, 'data': JSON.stringify([getLatestBlock()])});var write = (ws, message) => ws.send(JSON.stringify(message));var broadcast = (message) => sockets.forEach(socket => write(socket, message));connectToPeers(initialPeers);initHttpServer();initP2PServer();

8. Find a central controller