What are the ways to call a smart contract function during development?

Question

What are the ways to call a smart contract function during development using Truffle simulated VM with a GUI interface (like Remix or EtherScan offer)?

I know I could use CLI options like Truffle and Open Zeppelin SDK. I also could develop unit tests, but I think it is productive to use a GUI to execute some tests during development.

Obs.: I do not have a GUI in my application.

Thank you

Answer 1

I wrote an article about how to do just this!

You can use remixd and remix to test and debug your contracts with a GUI (remix). The steps to do this are:

1. Install remixd with npm install -g remixd
2. Run remixd with remixd -s <absolute-path> --remix-ide https://remix.ethereum.org
3. Attach your project to remix.ethereum.org
4. Run ganache-cli in the terminal with ganache-cli
5. Choose “Web3 Provider” as your “Environment” in remix
6. Test your code with a GUI (remix)

The article dives deeper into each step, but you should be able to achieve your goals with just those 6 steps!