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README.md

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 The Mix Ethereum Dapp Development Tool
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+Mix is an IDE that allows developers to build, deploy contracts and decentralized applications on top of the Ethereum blockchain.
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+it includes:
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+  - Source code editor for Solidity (contract - backend) and HTML/JS (frontend)
+  - Solidity source code debugger
+  - Blockchain editor
+  - Internal RPC server (allows debugging transactions/calls created from the web3 JavaScript API)
+  - Dapp/Contract deployment (deploying to test or live chain)
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+Download binaries (1.0.0):
+    https://github.com/ethereum/mix/releases
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+Build from source:
+    https://github.com/ethereum/webthree-umbrella/wiki
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