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Billion Dollar App Ideas

26 Apr 2020 7 minute read 0 comments Manyong'oments

The word, programmer is associated with a wide variety of images, but at the end of they day, they are just problem solvers. In this post, i will share some of the app ideas, that i came up with and by all means you are welcome to use them to your li...

15 Tips to Write Better Smart Contracts

25 Apr 2020 5 minute read 0 comments alexroan

1. Define the Purpose Before starting, make sure you have a clear understanding of what your smart contract is supposed to do. What value does it add? How should it be used? Consider the question of whether or not it even needs to be a blockchain app...

How to Make a Pokémon-Like Game With ERC-721 Tokens

25 Apr 2020 5 minute read 0 comments alexroan

ERC-721 tokens: What they are? How do they work? How can we use them? ERC-20 vs. ERC-721 At the height of the ICO bubble in 2017, ERC-20 tokens were everywhere. They were used as a form of crowdfunding by tech companies, with some claiming future use...

How to Build a DApp Portfolio Without Spending a Penny

25 Apr 2020 5 minute read 14 comments alexroan

Use testnets and free web services to deploy Ethereum DApps for free Building a portfolio of decentralized applications (DApps) is the best way to show the world you’re a blockchain developer. You might think that maintaining a portfolio of public DA...

Ethereum Testnets: What Are They and Why So Many?

25 Apr 2020 2 minute read 9 comments alexroan

Kovan, Rinkeby, Sokol, Görli & Ropsten Introduction Any new software destined to be released into the wild has to be well tested. Deploying a DApp directly to the Ethereum Mainnet before first testing it on a testnet would be extremely reckless. The...

I Created a Truffle Box With React, Redux, and Bootstrap 4

25 Apr 2020 6 minute read 1 comment alexroan

What is Truffle Suite? Truffle is the world’s most popular blockchain development suite. Using their own words: “A world-class development environment, testing framework, and asset pipeline for blockchains using the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), ai...

How to Connect a React App to the Blockchain

23 Apr 2020 8 minute read 2 comments alexroan

Prerequisite: Experience developing with ReactJS and a basic understanding of Ethereum smart contracts. The full working project code is available on Github. Introduction This article explains step-by-step instructions for how to use the Truffle Sui...

How And Where To Apply To Blockchain Jobs

23 Apr 2020 5 minute read 1 comment alexroan

How to land your dream job in crypto Applying for a new job can be hard. Applying for a job in an industry you're specifically targeting is harder. If you’re looking to steer your development career towards Blockchain but don’t know how or where to a...

The Skills You Need to Be a Blockchain Developer

23 Apr 2020 5 minute read 1 comment alexroan

  The skills you need to work on to become a blockchain developer. Whether you’ve never coded before, or have multiple years of experience developing software, becoming a Blockchain developer requires a new set of skills. Identifying which skills you...

Top 5 Web3 JS Functions For Ethereum DApps

22 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments alexroan

An overview of the most useful and commonly used functions Introduction Web3 bridges the gap between the traditional internet and the Ethereum Blockchain. It enables users to interact with your DApp through a browser. When using Javascript for your f...