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How to Effectively Monitor, Debug and Maintain Your dApps and Smart Contracts
Building your dApps is fun right? how about monitoring its health, debugging your smart contracts and testing It?
Are you a beginner web3 developer or an expert? In this article, I will be sharing an amazing tool I discovered that can be used to monitor and test the health status of your smart contract and dApps.
Introduction to smart contracts
Smart contracts are self-executing contracts with the terms of an agreement between buyers and sellers being directly written Into lines of code.
Smart contracts are like a robot that does what you tell it to do without you having to do anything else. Smart contracts can be really useful because they can help you do things without needing a middleman or someone to make sure everything happens correctly.
Introduction to dApps
Decentralized apps are applications with a frontend user interface (UI) that communicates with a "smart contract" (a brief piece of code) that is deployed on the blockchain.
Testing your dApps
I recently learned about an app called Tenderly.
Tenderly is a technology company that offers a suite of tools for developers to manage and monitor smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain.
Tenderly's platform provides developers with a set of tools for debugging, testing, and monitoring their smart contracts. It allows developers to track the performance of their contracts, monitor transactions, and visualize contract interactions in real time. Additionally, Tenderly offers a simulator that allows developers to test their contracts in a local environment before deploying them on the blockchain.
It's like having a magnifying glass that enables you to examine something closely in order to identify its flaws.
Tenderly dApps Uses Cases
Test your smart contracts: Before deploying your smart contracts on the blockchain, you can utilize Tenderly to run simulations and testing of them. This will aid in the early detection of potential problems and vulnerabilities, ultimately saving you time and money.
Monitor and debug your smart contracts: With Tenderly you can monitor the state of your smart contracts in real-time, track transactions, and debug issues quickly, and also set up alerts for specific events, such as when a specific contract function is called or when a transaction fails.
Get insights and analytics: Tenderly allows you to get insights and analytics on the performance of your smart contracts, gas usage, and other vital data. This will assist you in optimizing your smart contracts and making more informed decisions regarding your blockchain applications.
Conclusion
Debugging smart contracts is a critical stage in creating decentralized apps for the blockchain.Web3 developers can ensure that their contracts operate as intended using Tenderly.
I am positive it will help increase efficiency and improve the quality and reliability of your smart contracts.
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