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Introduction to the Solidity Programming Language

Discover the fundamentals of Ethereum and Solidity. Gain insights into smart contracts, data structures, and advanced topics, equipping you to develop and deploy decentralized applications.

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50 Lessons

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Discover the fundamentals of Ethereum and Solidity. Gain insights into smart contracts, data structures, and advanced topics, equipping you to develop and deploy decentralized applications.

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Course Overview

Solidity is the primary language for Ethereum blockchain development. It offers developers the tools to build decentralized applications and smart contracts. Understanding Solidity opens doors to the world of blockchain technology. In this course, you’ll explore Ethereum and Solidity programming’s fundamentals. You’ll then learn about the data types, constructors, variables, operators, conditional statements, and loops. This lays the groundwork for understanding Solidity’s data structures, including string...Show More

What You'll Learn

An understanding of Solidity programming language basics and syntax

Working knowledge of Solidity variables, types, and operators

Hands-on experience creating and managing Solidity functions and control structures

The ability to develop and use Solidity data structures, like arrays, mappings, and structs

Familiarity with Solidity’s advanced features, such as inheritance and error handling

An understanding of Solidity programming language basics and syntax

Course Content

Introduction

1 Lessons

Get familiar with Solidity for developing decentralized apps and smart contracts on Ethereum.

Course Introduction

Solidity Starters

15 Lessons

Unpack the core of Ethereum, EVM, Solidity file layout, smart contracts, types, operators, and visibility.

Ethereum Fundamentals

Introduction to the EVM

Solidity Source File Layout

The “Hello World” Smart Contract

Value and Reference Types

Constructor

Variables

Arithmetic and Relational Operators

Logical and Assignment Operators

Bitwise and Conditional Operators

Conditional Statements

Loops

Loop Controls

Visibility

Quiz: Solidity Starters

Data Structures

7 Lessons

Break apart essential data structures: strings, arrays, mappings, structs, enums, and type conversions.

Quiz: Data Structures

Functions

9 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of reusable code blocks, modifiers, view and pure functions, and cryptographic hashing in Solidity.

The fallback Functions

Hashing

Quiz: Functions

Common Patterns

3 Lessons

Take a closer look at security-enhancing patterns like withdrawal and access restriction in Solidity.

The Withdrawal Pattern

Restricting Access Pattern

Quiz: Common Patterns

Storage

4 Lessons

Investigate the intricacies of storage types in Solidity, including storage, memory, and calldata.

Introduction to Storage

Memory in Solidity

The calldata Storage

Quiz: Storage

Advanced Concepts

8 Lessons

Build on advanced Solidity concepts like inheritance, abstract contracts, interfaces, events, and error handling.

Quiz: Advanced Concepts

Conclusion

1 Lessons

Engage in continuous learning and blockchain innovations for advanced Solidity programming.

Wrap Up

Appendix

2 Lessons

Get started with setting up and deploying Solidity smart contracts efficiently.

Setting Up Solidity Environment

Deployment of a Smart Contract

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Ajitesh Mishra

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