Learning Path: Get started with blockchain development

This repo contains all the content for development of blockchain Learn modules. Once content is developed here, it will be moved over to the Learn repository.

Learn Module Outlines

Module: Learn how to use Solidity

1. Introduction
2. Learn about Solidity
3. Understand the language basics
4. Explore value types
5. Explore reference types
6. Write your first contract
7. Knowledge check
8. Summary

Status: In progress

Module: Use Solidity to write Ethereum smart contracts

1. Introduction
2. Learn what smart contracts are
3. Install dependencies needed for the Blockchain Developer Kit for Ethereum
4. Exercise: Install and get started with the Blockchain Development Kit for Ethereum
5. Exercise: Install truffle
6. Exercise: Write a smart contract
7. Exercise: Test your smart contract
8. Knowledge check
9. Summary

Status: In progress

Module: Create a bank smart contract with exchange rate

1. Introduction
2. Use advanced Solidity data structures
3. Understand how oracles work in blockchain
4. Exercise: TBD
5. Exercise: TBD
6. Knowledge check
7. Summary

Status: Planning

Module: Create a decentralized application

1. Introduction
2. Understand decentralized applications
3. Learn the options to build decentralized applications
4. What frontend UI framework you need to know
5. Exercise: Create the app
6. UI/UX best practices
7. Integrate with your smart contracts
8. Knowledge check
9. Summary

Status: Planning

Module: Learn how to deploy to Ethereum networks

1. What is Ethereum
2. Types of networks
3. Exercise: Connect to a network
4. Exercise: Deploy to a network
5. Knowledge check
6. Summary

Status: Planning

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