RPC Deep Dive Showcase

Code used for the Custom Rpc and RuntimeApis Deep Dive in the polkadot channel.

Build

Use the following command to build the node without launching it:

cargo build --release

Embedded Docs

After you build the project, you can use the following command to explore its parameters and subcommands:

./target/release/node-template -h

You can generate and view the Rust Docs for this template with this command:

cargo +nightly doc --open

Single-Node Development Chain

The following command starts a single-node development chain that doesn't persist state:

./target/release/node-template --dev

To purge the development chain's state, run the following command:

./target/release/node-template purge-chain --dev

To start the development chain with detailed logging, run the following command:

RUST_BACKTRACE=1 ./target/release/node-template -ldebug --dev