Hardhat-Foundry

Preface

Question 1: Why use hardhat?

A few years ago, remix and truffle were popular. At that time, remix lacked tools like console, and truffle didn't have a debug feature. tenderly was nowhere to be found in the browser, and issues in the code could only be addressed through code review and revert tests. Back then, we lacked a comprehensive engineering framework, and most projects had only a few contracts.

Later, hardhat became popular. It allowed debugging code using console.log, forked networks without the need for Ganache or Geth, and wrote tests without needing to review the function names and parameters inside contracts (Typescript)... So, it's time to use hardhat; it has truly made significant advancements beyond truffle.
Question 2: I'm already using hardhat, why do I need foundry?

hardhat has some minor pain points, such as:
- Tedious preparation for contract testing (deployment and initialization).
- Cumbersome testing of Library contracts.
- Data type conversions in certain scenarios.
- Data encoding and decoding.
- Frustration when reproducing utility functions in the JS layer, and more.
To address these issues, foundry appeared, innovatively suggesting using the Solidity language to test Solidity!!! Now, you can write tests with minimal code!
Question 3: Why not fully embrace foundry?

foundry has its shortcomings. You may struggle with its dependency management (you might need to copy links from GitHub), cross-platform compatibility, a variety of CMD commands, and perhaps the inability to reuse some mature testing scripts (js/ts), and more. foundry is revolutionary but hasn't fully inherited the wealth of its predecessors—JS ecosystem/hardhat ecosystem, which is somewhat regrettable.
Question 4: How should I choose a development framework?

I won't go into a detailed discussion of the pros and cons of remix, truffle, hardhat, and foundry, and then throw the choice back to you. Here, I will give you a direct answer—unless there is a major innovation, go ahead and choose hardhat-foundry without thinking twice. This is the best combination I have come up with after experiencing numerous technical iterations and project practices, so feel free to use it. If you really like foundry, my friend, unless you have completely transformed into a professional contract tester, it is not recommended to use pure foundry. Developers will always need to write or deal with some js/ts scripts.

Combining the strengths of many is always the best choice.

Preparation

Download the forge program: https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry/releases
Set up environment variables.
Create a project (I personally recommend solidity-framework).

Some useful links:

ChainList: https://chainlist.org/

Here you can find RPC links that you can copy and use with ease. You don't need to register on Infura (especially if you're a beginner).
Tenderly https://dashboard.tenderly.co/explorer

Here, you can search for transaction call stacks, examine the execution flow of transactions, etc. (if the contract is open-source).
foundry https://github.com/Dapp-Learning-DAO/Dapp-Learning/tree/main/basic/41-foundry

Excellent introductory points summarized by the predecessors at Dapp-Learning. I recommend browsing this.

Core Operations

Remember not to try to memorize all functions except the core operations.

Contract Compilation

npx hardhat compile

Contract Testing

npx hardhat test | For more usage, npx hardhat test --help
forge test | forge test --mc <filename match> -vv

Local Blockchain Network [Recommended hardhat]

npx hardhat node

Run TS scripts on a specific blockchain network (e.g., deployment)

npx hardhat --network <network name> run <script path>

Important Notes

forge --help for a complete list of commands (some commands may have bugs).
forge debug <contract path> --sig <function signature> [parameter list] Debugging functions is suitable for low-level assembly development, assisting in observing the stack and memory data.

Configuration Instructions

Project Dependencies

{
  "name": "11-hardhat-foundry",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "devDependencies": {
    "@chainlink/contracts": "^0.8.0", // Oracle contract provider, you might need its interface
    "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-foundry": "^1.1.1", // Foundry environment file generator
    "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox": "^3.0.0", // Hardhat environment suite for testing, development, and open source
    "@openzeppelin/contracts": "^5.0.0", // OpenZeppelin contract library
    "@openzeppelin/contracts-upgradeable": "^5.0.0", // OpenZeppelin upgradeable contract library
    "@openzeppelin/hardhat-upgrades": "^2.3.3", // JavaScript/TypeScript script package for OpenZeppelin upgrades library
    "dotenv": "^16.3.1", // Runtime environment variable injection to access custom configurations like private keys directly in code
    "hardhat": "^2.19.0", // Hardhat framework
    "hardhat-abi-exporter": "^2.10.1", // (Optional) pure ABI generator, used in combination with abigen for generating contract operation files for Go/Java backend developers
    "hardhat-diamond-abi": "^3.0.1", // (Optional) Diamond contract interface synthesis, aggregates the interfaces of multiple contracts into one interface file
    "hardhat-exposed": "^0.3.13", // (Optional) Contract internal interface exposure for testing convenience
    "hardhat-ignore-warnings": "^0.2.9", // (Optional) Ignore warning messages, useful for legacy project development
    "uniswap-v2-deploy-plugin": "^0.0.4" // (Optional) One-click setup of Uniswap V2 test environment
  }
}

Project Configuration (some features are not enabled)

import {HardhatUserConfig} from "hardhat/config";
import "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox";
import "@nomicfoundation/hardhat-foundry";
import "@openzeppelin/hardhat-upgrades";
import "hardhat-abi-exporter";
import "dotenv/config";
import "hardhat-ignore-warnings";
import "hardhat-diamond-abi";
import {Fragment, FunctionFragment} from "ethers";

const funcNameSet = new Set<string>()
const funcSelectorMap = new Map<string, string>()
const eventErrorSet = new Set<string>()
const config: HardhatUserConfig = {
    // warnings: {
    //     'contracts/legacy/**/*': {
    //         default: 'error',
    //     },
    // },
    diamondAbi: {
        name: "DiamondCombined",
        include: ["Facet"],
        strict: true,
        filter: function (abiElement, index, fullAbi, fullyQualifiedName) {
            if (fullyQualifiedName.endsWith("Test1Facet") || fullyQualifiedName.endsWith("Test2Facet")) {
                return false
            }
            // distinct event and error
            if (abiElement.type === "event" || abiElement.type === "error") {
                const minimalAbi = Fragment.from(abiElement).format("minimal")
                if (eventErrorSet.has(minimalAbi)) {
                    return false
                }
                eventErrorSet.add(minimalAbi)
                return true;
            }
            const selector = FunctionFragment.from(abiElement).selector
            if (funcSelectorMap.has(selector)) {
                throw new Error(`${FunctionFragment.from(abiElement).selector}, see:\n\t${Fragment.from(abiElement).format("minimal")}::${fullyQualifiedName}\n\t${funcSelectorMap.get(selector)}\n`)
            }
            funcSelectorMap.set(selector, `${Fragment.from(abiElement).format("minimal")}::${fullyQualifiedName}`)
            if (!funcNameSet.has(fullyQualifiedName)) {
                funcNameSet.add(fullyQualifiedName)
                console.log(` >>> [hardhat-diamond-abi] ${fullyQualifiedName}`)
            }
            return true;
        },
    },
    abiExporter: [{
        runOnCompile: true,
        clear: true,
        path: './abi-pure/general',
        format: "json"
    }, {
        runOnCompile: true,
        clear: true,
        path: './abi-pure/ethers',
        pretty: true
    }],
    networks: {
        hardhat: {
            mining: {
                interval: 50
            }
            // forking: {
            //   url: "https://arbitrum.public-rpc.com",
            //   // blockNumber: 132401260
            // }
        },
        bsc: {
            url: "https://bsc.rpc.blxrbdn.com",
            accounts: [process.env.PRIVATE_KEY as string],
        },
        bsc_testnet: {
            url: "https://bsc-testnet.publicnode.com",
            accounts: [process.env.PRIVATE_KEY as string],
        },
        bsc_op_testnet: {
            url: "https://opbnb-testnet-rpc.bnbchain.org",
            accounts: [process.env.PRIVATE_KEY as string],
        },
        eth: {
            url: "https://eth.public-rpc.com",
            accounts: [process.env.PRIVATE_KEY as string],
        },
        arbitrum: {
            url: "https://endpoints.omniatech.io/v1/arbitrum/one/public",
            accounts: [process.env.PRIVATE_KEY as string],
        },
        arbitrum_goerli: {
            url: "https://arbitrum-goerli.publicnode.com",
            accounts: [process.env.PRIVATE_KEY as string],
        }
    },
    etherscan: {
        apiKey: process.env.ETHERSCAN_BSC as string
    },
    solidity: {
        compilers: [
            standardSettings("0.8.21"),
        ]
    },
};

function standardSettings(version: string) {
    return {
        version: version,
        settings: {
            optimizer: {
                enabled: true,
                runs: 200,
            },
            // viaIR: true
        },
    }
}

export default config;

.gitignore for Team Collaboration (Recommended to be edited flexibly based on the project)

*.swp
*.swo

# Logs
logs
*.log

# Runtime data
pids
*.pid
*.seed
allFiredEvents
scTopics

# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
coverage
coverage.json
coverageEnv

# node-waf configuration
.lock-wscript

# Dependency directory
node_modules

# Debug log from npm
npm-debug.log

# local env variables
.env

# truffle build directory
build/

# macOS
.DS_Store

# truffle
.node-xmlhttprequest-*

# IntelliJ IDE
.idea

# vscode IDE
.vscode

# docs artifacts
docs/modules/api

# only used to package @openzeppelin/contracts
contracts/build/
contracts/README.md

# temporary artifact from solidity-coverage
.coverage_artifacts
.coverage_cache
.coverage_contracts

# hardat-exposed
contracts-exposed

# Hardhat
cache
artifacts

# Foundry
out
cache_forge

# Certora
.certora*
.last_confs
certora_*
.zip-output-url.txt

# extends
/abi
/abi-pure

/typechain-types
# Note: Here, all JavaScript files are ignored
/**/*.js

Testing Techniques

hardhat

Contract Layer Testing

Contracts can be debugged, and debugging output will be displayed on the Hardhat local network using the following syntax:

import "hardhat/console.log";

// TODO Add log statements at critical points in the contract
console.log(parameter1, parameter2...);

Unit Testing/Functional Testing

The describe function's callback functions include four testing-related functions: it, before, beforeEach, and afterEach, as follows:

it: Tests a unit, simulating a testing behavior. Units are independent, and they do not share state with each other.
before: Executes before all unit tests, only running once. It is typically used for initialization, such as reading deployment accounts.
beforeEach: Executes before each unit test, running once for every test. It is often used to execute the loadFixture function.
afterEach: Executes after each unit test, running once for every test. It is rarely used.

The loadFixture(func) function is a blockchain network snapshot function that records the blockchain state when func is first executed. In subsequent uses, it directly restores the state instead of re-executing the setup.

describe("Diamond Contract", () => {
    let user: HardhatEthersSigner;

    afterEach(() => {
        console.log("afterEach------------------------------------");
    });

    beforeEach(() => {
        console.log("beforeEach------------------------------------");
    });

    before("user", async () => {
        console.log("before------------------------------------");
        const accounts = await ethers.getSigners();
        user = accounts[0];
    });

    async function deployFixture() {
        return await Diamonds.deploy(false);
    }

    it("Proxy Test Example", async () => {
        const diamond = await loadFixture(deployFixture);
        const [example] = await deploy(false, "Example");
        await diamond.proxy(example);
        await (await (example.attach(diamond.address) as Example).setNumber(1024n)).wait();
        expect(await (example.attach(diamond.address) as Example).getNumber()).eq(1024n);
    });

    it("Upgrade Test Example", async () => {
        const diamond = await loadFixture(deployFixture);
        const [oldExample] = await deploy(false, "Example");
        await diamond.proxy(oldExample);
        const [newExample] = await deploy(false, "Example");
        await diamond.upgrade(oldExample.address, newExample);
        // assert
        const selector = (newExample as any as Example).interface.getFunction("setNumber").selector;
        expect(await diamond.facetAddress(selector)).eq(newExample.address);
    });
});

Project Testing

Project testing often involves multi-platform integration, such as hardhat + Golang. Therefore, it's important to maintain the blockchain network state persistently. In general, you will write these tests in the scripts/ folder. Here are the relevant commands:

Scenario 1: Local Network Testing (including fork)
- npx hardhat node
- npx hardhat --network hardhat run <script-path>
Scenario 2: Online Blockchain Testing (Testnet)
- npx hardhat --network <network-name> run <script-path>

foundry

Contract Layer Testing

import {console} from "forge-std/Test.sol";

// TODO: Place log messages at key locations in your contract
console.log(parameter1, parameter2, ...);

Unit Testing

It is not recommended to use foundry for writing functional tests. Front-end developers may need contract usage examples, so functional tests written in JavaScript/TypeScript are more reusable.

foundry Contract Testing with new

The new method is usually used in conjunction with a setUp function. It cannot be used to test internal contract functions. Here's an example:

// SPDX-License-Identifier: UNLICENSED
pragma solidity ^0.8.20;

import {Test, console2} from "forge-std/Test.sol";
import {Example} from "../contracts/Example.sol";

contract ExampleTest is Test {
    Example public example;

    // Set up the test environment for each unit test (this function is executed automatically)
    function setUp() public {
        example = new Example();
        example.setNumber(0);
    }

    // Regular unit test
    function test_setNumber() public {
        example.setNumber(1024);
        assertEq(example.getNumber(), 1024);
    }

    // Fuzz testing
    function testFuzz_SetNumber(uint256 x) public {
        example.setNumber(x);
        assertEq(example.getNumber(), x);
    }
}

foundry Contract Testing with library

It's important to note that foundry doesn't support generating test coverage reports for libraries. Any library functions called within contracts are identified as having 100% test coverage, and there's no workaround.

// SPDX-License-Identifier: UNLICENSED
pragma solidity ^0.8.20;

import {Test, console2} from "forge-std/Test.sol";
import {LibExample} from "../contracts/LibExample.sol";

contract LibExampleTest is Test {

    // Fuzz testing: Verify that values smaller than type(uint160).max can be converted successfully
    function testFuzz_toUint160(uint256 n) public {
        // Skip if n > type(uint160).max
        vm.assume(n <= type(uint160).max);
        LibExample.toUint160(n);
    }

    // Fuzz testing: Verify that values greater than type(uint160).max throw an exception
    function testFailFuzz_toUint160_overflow(uint256 n) public {
        // Skip if n < type(uint160).max
        vm.assume(n > type(uint160).max);
        LibExample.toUint160(n);
    }
}

foundry Contract Testing with override

// SPDX-License-Identifier: UNLICENSED
pragma solidity ^0.8.20;

import {Test, console2} from "forge-std/Test.sol";
import {OverrideExample} from "../contracts/OverrideExample.sol";

contract OverrideExampleTest1 is Test, OverrideExample {

    function setUp() public {
        // init
        until = 10 days;
    }

    // override
    function _blockTimestamp() internal view override returns (uint256) {
        return 10 days;
    }

    function test_transfer() public {
        transfer();
    }
}

// SPDX-License-Identifier: UNLICENSED
pragma solidity ^0.8.20;

import {Test, console2} from "forge-std/Test.sol";
import {OverrideExample} from "../contracts/OverrideExample.sol";

contract OverrideExampleTest2 is Test, OverrideExample {

    function setUp() public {
        // init
        until = 10 days;
    }

    function testFail_transfer(uint256 x) public {
        transfer();
    }
}

foundry Contract Testing with JSON

Using JSON for contract testing is not recommended unless your company has specialized tools for generating JSON test data.

// 0- foundry.toml project configuration (./ indicates the project root)
fs_permissions = [{ access = "read-write", path = "./"}]
// 1- Contract inheritance
contract Xxx is Test
// 2- Interface integration
using stdJson for string;
// 3- Usage syntax (.XxxDatas represents accessing the XxxDatas property in the JSON)
string memory json = vm.readFile("./test/testdata/Xxx.t.json");
bytes memory bytesData = json.parseRaw(".XxxDatas");
XxxData[] memory t = abi.decode(bytesData, (XxxData[]));

// Note:
// 1- The order of struct fields must be sorted strictly in alphabetical order, e.g., XxxData
// 2- Numeric values in JSON must not be enclosed in double quotes. You can use scientific notation, e.g., 200e18.
// 3- The argument for json.parseRaw can be an empty string ("") to load the entire JSON file.

Conclusion

My friend, I started my journey in traditional development and later ventured into blockchain development, but unfortunately, I've forgotten at least 90% of what I've learned over time. Therefore, I strongly dislike listing detailed knowledge points, as it's a waste of everyone's time.

In my opinion, explaining the minimum knowledge subset is the most important. This is also the principle behind my current sharing – providing the least amount of information to help you get started quickly. It might take you just 1 hour or maybe 10 minutes to say, "Oh, I've got it, I can start developing."

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Hardhat-Foundry

Preface

Preparation

Core Operations

Configuration Instructions

Testing Techniques

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Contract Layer Testing

Unit Testing/Functional Testing

Project Testing

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Contract Layer Testing

Unit Testing

Conclusion

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