CONTENUTI

Module 1 - Blockchain and Smart Contract Basics

• What is Blockchain and how does it work?
• Centralized vs. Decentralized vs. Distributed
• Blockchain vs. Databases
• Bitcoin vs Ethereum
• What are Smart Contracts?
• How are Smart Contracts used?

 

Module 2 - Smart Contract Programming Basics

• Advantages and Drawbacks of Smart Contracts
• High-Level Language vs. Low-Level
• Smart Contracts with Solidity
• Types of Variables in Solidity
• Function/Variable Visibility
• Smart Contract Constructors
• Setter- and Getter-Functions

 

Module 3 - Understanding Decentralized Information and Web3

• Blockchain Access structures and Architectures
• Blockchain Access vs. centralized RESTful API
• Understanding Web3.js API
• Understanding Transactions and Consensus
• Private Keys, Public Keys and Signatures
• Understanding privacy on pubic Blockchains
• Understanding the architecture of KeyStore’s such as MetaMask or MIST

 

Module 4 - Basics of Ethereum and the EVM

• Ethereum Denominations
• Understanding EVM and the ABI Interface
• Calls vs. Transactions
• Concurrency and Events
• Use cases of Events
• LAB:
  • Install and Use Ganache
  • Work with Web3.js
  • Define Events
  • Listen and React to Events

 

Module 5 - Solidity Advanced: Modifiers, Mappings, Structs and Inheritance

• Understanding Functions, Mappings and Structs
• When to use Modifiers
• Libraries vs. Inheritance
• Understand and use Modifiers
• Add Mappings and Structs
• Use Inheritance to increase auditability

 

Module 6 - Understanding Deployment and Costs

• Understand Development and Deployment Cycles
• Understanding Solidity Compilation and Deployment
• Gas and Gas-Costs
• Upgradeability and Data Migration Techniques
• Understand the moving Parts: Compiler, Blockchain, API, KeyStore

 

Module 7 - Mining, Proof of Work vs. Proof of Authority

• What is Mining in PoW?
  • How blocks are generated
  • PoW vs. PoA (vs. PoS)
• Understanding Go-Ethereum or Ganache/TestRPC for local development
• Understanding Private Blockchains vs. Public Blockchains
• LAB:
  • Installing and using Ganache
  • Installing and using Go-Ethereum
  • Connecting to Ganache/Go-Ethereum from Remix and Web3.js
  • Interact with the Blockchain from HTML/JS

 

Module 8 - Working in Teams, Testing and Versioning

• Understanding what Truffle is
• How Manage Code for Teams
• Understanding Migrations
• Understanding Unit-Testing with Truffle
• LAB:
  • Download and Setup Truffle
  • Adapt the standard Truffle-Project
  • Write A Unit Test