This is a set of boilerplate in order to develop smart contracts using VSCode. It includes the needed c_cpp_properties.json file in .vscode for recognizing #includes from eosiolib.

You should have at least completed the "start here" section on dev docs

This setup is intended for users running mac OSX... but I would imagine the same would work for most popular versions of linux by just replacing brew with whatever use use... perhaps apt?

This will not work on its own! Before attempting to use this you must do the following:

1. install nodeos, keosd, & cleos via docker

• see eosio docs for installation using docker

1. install EOS contract development toolkit

• brew tap eosio/eosio.cdt
• brew install eosio.cdt

1. create needed symlinks

• navigate to /usr/local/include/
• ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/eosio.cdt/1.3.2/opt/eosio.cdt/include/eosiolib
• navigate to /usr/local/include/eosiolib
• lin -s /usr/local/Cellar/eosio.cdt/1.3.2/opt/eosio.cdt/include/boost

After completing the above steps your VSCode should recognize #includes and intellisense should work.

Comple the contract:

eosio-cpp -o hello.wasm hello.cpp --abigen

Open wallet:

cleos wallet open

Unlock wallet:

cleos wallet unlock

Create an account for the contract:

cleos account create hello $EOS_PUBLIC_KEY

Create the contract:

cleos set contract hello $EOS_CONTRACT_DIR/hello

Update the contract:

1. make changes
2. compile
3. Same as create
4. done

Create another account if you dont have one:

cleos account create bob $EOS_PUBLIC_KEY

Call hi on hello:

cleos push action hello hi '["bob"]' -p bob

You should get the following back:

>> Hello bob

Call bye on hello:

cleos push action hello bye '["bob"]' -p bob

You should get the following back:

>> Bye bob

clone/fork/do whatever ytou want with this. The important files are in .vscode.