Migration from Truffle to Etherlime

Migration from Truffle to Etherlime
Install & Initialize Etherlime
npm i -g etherlime
Install the global etherlime to allow you to run etherlime commands.
etherlime init
The command will add to your project structure the following parts:
./contracts/LimeFactory.sol
./deployment/deploy.js
./test/exampleTest.js
Note! These are added just to give you an example. You can remove them.
Write new scripts for deployment using the template provided
require etherlime module
require the compiled contract from ./build folder not the
contract itself
with Truffle :
    const LimeFactory = artifacts.require("./LimeFactory.sol");
with Etherlime :
    const etherlime = require('etherlime-lib')
    const LimeFactory = require('../build/LimeFactory.json');
set the deployer and then deploy the contract
Local deployment with Etherlime :
    const etherlime = require('etherlime-lib')
    const LimeFactory = require('../build/LimeFactory.json');
    const InterfaceFactory = require('../build/InterfaceFactory.json')
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    const deployer = new etherlime.EtherlimeGanacheDeployer();
    const limeFactory = await deployer.deploy(LimeFactory);
​
    //example how to wrap deployed contract and to pass its address
    const contractInstance = await etherlime.ContractAt(InterfaceFactory,
        limeFactory.contractAddress)
Find more examples for deployment here.
Modify tests
In order to modify the tests from Truffle to Etherlime, slight changes are needed to be done:
with Truffle :
    const LimeFactory = artifacts.require("./LimeFactory.sol");
​
    contract('LimeFactory tests', async (accounts) => {
​
        let owner = accounts[0];
​
        beforeEach(async function() {
            limeFactory = await LimeFactory.new();
        });
​
        it('should do something', () => {
​
        })
    }
with Etherlime :
    // step1: require Etherlime module
    const etherlime = require('etherlime-lib')
​
    // step2: require compiled contract from ./build,
    // not the .sol file (as in deployment scripts)
    const LimeFactory = require('../build/LimeFactory.json')
​
​
    // step4: replace 'contract' descriptor to 'describe', 
    // then remove (accounts) param in async function 
    describe('LimeFactory tests', async () => {
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        // step5: initialize account
        let owner = accounts[0];
​
        // step6: set the deployer in before/beforeEach
        // and fix the deployment scripts as we did before
        beforeEach(async function() {
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            deployer = new etherlime.EtherlimeGanacheDeployer(owner.secretKey);
            limeFactory = await deployer.deploy(LimeFactory);
​
        });
​
        it('should do something', () => {
​
        })
    })
# Flexibility
**in case you want to use an address of an account, you must extend
it to** let owner = accounts[0].signer.address
**when a contract’s method is called, the default sender is set to
accounts[0]. If you want to execute it from another account,
replace** {from: anotherAccount} object with
.from(anotherAccount).
with Truffle :
    await limeFactory.createLime(newLime' 0, 10, 12, {from: accounts[1]})
with Etherlime :
    await limeFactory.from(2).createLime('newLime' 0, 10, 12);
​
    // as a param you may also use:
    await limeFactory.from(accounts[1]).createLime('newLime' 0, 10, 12);
    await limeFactory.from(accounts[1].signer).createLime('newLime' 0, 10, 12);
    await limeFactory.from(accounts[1].signer.address).createLime('newLime' 0, 10, 12);
    await limeFactory.from(customSigner).createLime('newLime' 0, 10, 12);
**when you need to execute payable function, pass the value as an
object** contract.somePayableFunction(arg1, arg2, {value: 100})
don't use “.call” when calling view functions.
to timeTravel - replace web3 increaseTime with global options
utils.timeTravel(provider, seconds)
Assertions and available utils
For more convenience Etherlime provides some additional assertions and global utils object:
assert it is an address :
    it('should be valid address', async () => {
        assert.isAddress(limeFactory.contractAddress, "The contract was not deployed");
    })
assert a function revert :
    it('should revert if try to create lime with 0 carbohydrates', async () => {
        let carbohydrates = 0;
        await assert.revert(limeFactoryInstance.createLime("newLime2", carbohydrates, 8, 2),
            "Carbohydrates are not set to 0");
    });
test an event
with Truffle:
    let expectedEvent = 'FreshLime';
    let result = await limeFactory.createLime('newLime' 8, 10, 12);
    assert.lengthOf(result.logs, 1, "There should be 1 event emitted from new product!");
    assert.strictEqual(result.logs[0].event, expectedEvent,
         `The event emitted was ${result.logs[0].event} instead of ${expectedEvent}`);
with Etherlime
    let expectedEvent = 'FreshLime'
    let transaction = await limeFactory.createLime('newLime' 8, 10, 12);
    const transactionReceipt = await limeFactory.verboseWaitForTransaction(transaction)
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    // check the transaction has such an event
    let isEmitted = utils.hasEvent(transactionReceipt, LimeFactory, expectedEvent);
    assert(isEmitted, 'Event FreshLime was not emitted');
​
    // parse logs
    let logs = utils.parseLogs(transactionReceipt, LimeFactory, expectedEvent);
    assert.equal(logs[0].name, 'newLime, "LimeFactory" with name "newLime" was not created');
Find more test examples here.
Final steps:
delete ./migrations folder
delete truffle.js/truffle-config.js file
delete truffle from package.json
delete node_modules
run npm install
open a fresh terminal tab and enter etherlime ganache
run etherlime test
etherlime utils
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