Expolratory work focused on the Corda framework.
The following is a summarised excerpt from the official Corda documentation which can found at https://docs.corda.net/index.html
They have tried to make access to Corda as relatively simple as possible, using industry standard established tools. Just clone the Corda GitHub repo.
cd /
sudo git clone https://github.com/corda/corda.git
Corda runs in a JVM and is written predominantly in Kotlin with some example use cases demonstrated in Java that they have incorporated to demonstrate that Kotlin and Java can work seemlessly together. They recommend the most recent production version of Java 8.
Other implementations of the JVM are not actively supported, but they are interested in finding out any issues you do have with them.
They strongly recommend the use of #/IntelliJ’s Development Environment/# known as IDEA. It integrates very well with their choice of language for Corda, “Kotlin”, as Jetbrains also support the development of Kotlin.
Download it for free from JetBrains.
When opening the Corda project for the first time from the IntelliJ splash screen, please use “Open” and then
agree to import the Gradle project from the popup bubble.
Don’t pick “Import” on the splash screen, because a bug in IntelliJ will cause the pre-packaged run configurations
to be erased.
If you see this warning too late, it’s no problem, just use * git checkout .idea/runConfiguration * or the
version control tab in IntelliJ to undelete the files.
Kotlin is available as a downloadable plugin to IntelliJ. Refer to IntelliJ’s instructions on getting Started with Kotlin and IntelliJ. Additionally, if you would like to start getting to grips with the Kotlin language, then we strongly recommend you work through some of the tutorials (known as “koans”) as well. Also see our Further notes on Kotlin.
We use git to version control Corda. The authorative place to obtain git is from the main git website but it may be the case that your operating system provides git with a supported utility (e.g. for Apple, git is provided along with XCode - their free development environment). If this is the case, we would recommend you obtain git via that supported route.
You will need the command line package installed which you can then use natively (via the command line) or via IntelliJ (in which case you may need to configure IntelliJ to recognise where git has been installed on your system). IntelliJ and git configuration are quite seemless although the first time you use it, you will have to configure IntelliJ the location of your git command installation. More details regarding this can be found on the JetBrains website
Gradle is our primary means of building Corda and managing dependencies. IntelliJ has its own view of this and occasionally may need to be resynced from time to time. This can be done within IntelliJ by pressing the “gradle refresh” icon located on the gradle tab (generally found on the right hand side), or by following the gradle commands specific for the task you are performing (details expounded later). Whenever prompted about gradle, accept the defaults suggested by IntelliJ.
You can check out the Corda platform source code from this repository:
https://github.com/corda/corda.git
and a template app that you can use as a basis for experimenting with app development from:
https://github.com/corda/cordapp-template.git
You can catch up with the latest code by selecting “VCS -> Update Project” in the IntelliJ menu.
See Getting set up: troubleshooting.
Corda uses AMQP/1.0 over TLS between nodes which is currently implemented using Apache Artemis, an embeddable message queue broker. Examples configs refer to common network ports of 10000-10003 but also appear to completely customizable.
I do suggest we stick with the common ones for now as they do not confict with the other platforms requirements.
comming soon - when I can figure this out