By the end of this program, participants will be skilled in building decentralized applications (DApps), writing smart contracts, and understanding blockchain architecture and ecosystems.
Understanding the fundamentals of blockchain technology, consensus algorithms, and how blockchain works.
Research a blockchain network and summarize its use cases.
Setting up tools like Metamask, Remix, and Truffle to begin blockchain development.
Set up a local Ethereum network using Ganache and deploy a simple contract using Remix.
Learn Solidity programming language, its syntax, and how to write smart contracts.
Create and deploy a smart contract on a test network.
Explore Ethereum as the most popular blockchain platform for smart contracts and DApp development.
Build a basic Ethereum DApp that interacts with a smart contract.
Dive deeper into Solidity features like modifiers, mappings, and events.
Create a decentralized voting contract using Solidity.
Learn Web3.js to interact with smart contracts from the frontend (DApp development).
Build a DApp to interact with a deployed contract.
Introduction to InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) for storing data off-chain and interacting with it in DApps.
Build a DApp to store and retrieve files using IPFS.
Explore common vulnerabilities in smart contracts and how to avoid them (reentrancy, gas limits, etc.).
Audit an existing contract and identify vulnerabilities.
Explore decentralized finance applications, tokenization, and decentralized exchanges (DEXs).
Build a simple decentralized exchange (DEX) contract.
Learn about NFTs, minting, and creating a simple NFT marketplace.
Create and deploy an NFT contract and build a simple NFT marketplace.
Work on a real-world DApp project, incorporating smart contracts, Web3.js, IPFS, and security best practices.
Build and deploy a DApp (e.g., a DeFi platform, NFT marketplace, or voting system).
Finalize the DApp project and prepare for interviews in the Web3 space.
Mock interviews and portfolio review. Build a professional Web3 portfolio and showcase the projects on GitHub.
