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Welcome back! In the previous blog post, we took some time to go over how the new Corda 5 APIs impact CorDapp development. In our Developer Preview, we released new, interface-based, modular APIs. With these modular APIs, you can develop faster by building and testing more effectively. We briefly touched on Project Layer Cake, the initiative that inspired us to make our APIs modular and split Corda into discrete, logical layers of value: network, flow, ledger, and contract.

By: Nina Kanti Developers are a key to the success of our platform and in Corda 5 this is no different. We’ve recently released a preview of the next major version of Corda, Corda 5 Developer Preview. Developer Preview is packed with a bunch of new functionality for developers to try out and give feedback on. ...

In this first deep dive of the series we will cover the biggest change we are introducing in Corda 5: a new system architecture. The new Corda 5 architecture and deployment methods are designed to deliver high availability and scalability. We placed these two crucial aspects of any high-dependency system at the centre of our ...

In the last post we talked about some of the observations that got us to rethink aspects of the platform and finished on the objectives we set out to accomplish in defining the new major platform version. This post is a high-level summary of the how, introducing some of the big new concepts we are working ...

Following CordaCon we are excited to announce R3 is working on the next major platform version — Corda 5 — and that the first public milestone — Corda 5 Developer Preview — is available today! You can check out the CordaCon sessions about it following this link, if you want to dive deeper with the release notes and preview docs click here. Our developer ...

It would not be a new idea to say that blockchain is one of the most important developments in the past decade. But there’s a lot of different ways to believe in blockchain; many simply imagine cryptocurrency but there’s much more to it than that. While cryptocurrency is at the heart of this question, there’s ...

We occasionally get questions about which databases Corda supports. This can be a bit of a confusing topic, so this blog aims to demystify Corda’s database compatibility. There are a few databases to look at: H2, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, and Azure SQL. H2 H2 is Corda’s default database. It’s a variant of SQL made ...

Figure 1: Sandboxing done in Corda5 It is Corda Con 2021 time and we are looking forward to sharing all the latest news about Corda 5 with you soon! To take us one step closer, today we’re sharing the Corda 5 Developer Preview 1, the next milestone release for Corda, for your testing and feedback. ...

  Configuring, managing and deploying a Corda network consists of a number of steps. To make this process easier and more efficient, the R3 team has built an in-house command-line tool for managing the entire life cycle of a Corda network, right from its creation to its termination. After using this tool for a good ...

Before starting Corda5 CorDapp development, perform the below steps to set up your development environment: Step 1 – Setup Java 11 and Gradle version 6 We want to be compliant with the current industry standard and hence Corda 5 is built and tested on Java 11. Corda 5 is not backwards compatible with any older ...