Suggestion of gist for ddap video 4

//make new directory and add package.json file to it
// package.json
{
  "dependencies": {
    "web3": "0.17.0-alpha",
    "ethereumjs-util": "4.5.0",
    "ethereumjs-tx": "1.1.2"
  }
}

//npm install
//start node
node
//build web3 object
var Web3 = require('web3')
var web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider('http://localhost:8545'))

//helper vars & function to make rest of project quicker
var account1 = web3.eth.accounts[0]
var account2 = web3.eth.accounts[1]
var balance = (acct) => {return web3.fromWei(web3.eth.getBalance(acct),'ether').toNumber() }

//send eth
web3.eth.sendTransaction({from:account1, to:account2, value:web3.toWei(1,'ether'),gasLimit:2100,gasPrice:20000000000})

//make var with hash
var txHash = _

//get transaction
web3.eth.getTransaction(txHash)

//create private key var -- edit me
var pk1 = 'b9d067fcc7634835bfa78bcc3179595a0cadc0475068164ac17e0a953f7a9d67'
var EthTx = require("ethereumjs-tx")
var pk1x = new Buffer(pk1, 'hex')

//setup transaction data
var rawTx = {
nonce: web3.toHex(web3.eth.getTransactionCount(account1)),
to: account2,
gasPrice: web3.toHex(20000000000),
gasLimit: web3.toHex(21000),
value: web3.toHex(web3.toWei(25, 'ether')),
data: ""
}

//create new tx
var tx = new EthTx(rawTx)
//sign
tx.sign(pk1x)
//get signed transaction & set in a var
tx.serialize().toString('hex')
var sTx = tx.serialize().toString('hex')

//send raw transaction
web3.eth.sendRawTransaction(
'0x'+tx.serialize().toString('hex'), (error,data) => {
if(!error) { 
console.log(data) }
})

//check it worked 
web3.eth.getTransaction(id)

Nice, thanks, you'd better add also getTransactionReceipt (although not presented in the video):

// check transaction status
web3.eth.getTransactionReceipt(txHash)