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Using Polkadot.js to explore your storage

Although the substrate-frontend-template is convenient, in most development scenarios, you would use Polkadot.js.

With your node still running, navigate to the Polkadot.js Localhost:

Polkadot JS Overview

This is a more real-time experience compared to the frontend template. Note the events viewer on the right, which will soon be populated!

Getting detailed storage​

Navigate to the Developer > Chain state tab, and select the connect pallet from the dropdown. Just as before, we can query the "Alice" name we registered before:

Polkadot JS State Query

Sending an extrinsic and viewing events: Polkadot.js edition​

Navigate to the Developer > Extrinsics tab, and select the BOB account from the list of accounts. s Select the connect pallet from the dropdown, and the register extrinsic from the dropdown to the right:

Polkadot JS Extrinsic

Fill out the details for the parameters in their respective fields, and press Submit transaction in the bottom right. Once you finish this, you should see two events emit in the Network > Explorer tab:

Polkadot JS Events