dApp Developer Roadmap

Roadmap to becoming a dApp developer in 2019: Below you can find a chart demonstrating the paths that you can take and the libraries that you would want to learn to become a dApp developer. I made this chart as a tip for everyone who asks me, "What should I learn to be a dApp Developer and where to start?"

Disclaimer

The purpose of this roadmap is to give you an idea about the landscape. The road map will guide you if you are confused about what to learn next, rather than encouraging you to pick what is hip and trendy. You should grow some understanding of why one tool would be better suited for some cases than the other and remember hip and trendy does not always mean best suited for the job

Inspired By

This repository is inspired by react Developer Roadmap.

Roadmap

Resources

1. Basics
   1. Blockchain
      • Learn the basics of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)
      • Bitcoin protocol Explained
      • Elliptic Curve Cryptography link
   2. Ethereum
      • Learn the basics of Ethereum
      • Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-- turing complete
      • Learn about Wallets, Accounts (EOA), Private/Public Keys
      • Learn about transactions, Gas, Metamask
      • Ethereum clients/Nodes, Geth
      • Infura infrastructure
   3. Smart Contract
      • Basics of Smart Contract
      • Life Cycle of Smart Contract
      • Ethereum Higher Level languages (Solidity, Vyper, LLL, Serpent)
      • Compiling, testing, Deploying smart Contracts
      • Interacting with smart contracts using web3.js or web3.py
2. General Development Skills
   1. Learn GIT, create a few repositories on GitHub / GitLab, share your code with other people
   2. Know HTTP(S) protocol, request methods (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, OPTIONS)
   3. Don't be afraid of using Google, Power Searching with Google
   4. Get familiar with terminal (Linux/Docker), configure your shell (bash, zsh, fish)
   5. Read a few books about algorithms and data structures, blockchain, Ethereum, solidity
   6. Web Development Concepts
   7. Basic Mathematics
3. Learn React on official website or complete some courses
4. Get familiar with tools that you will be using
   1. Package Managers
      • npm
      • yarn
      • pnpm
   2. IDE's
      • Remix IDE
      • Ethfiddle
      • labs.superblock
      • Truffle
      • Populus
   • Solidity v0.5.3
   • Vyper
5. Frameworks
   1. Truffle Suit (Recommended)
      • Truffle
      • Ganache
      • Drizzle
      • Tutorials
      • Truffle Under the Hood
   2. ZeppeLine OS
      • Getting Started
   3. Labs.Superblock
      • Labs.superblocks
      • Video Tutorials
      • dapp Tutorial
   4. Populus (Python)
      • Populus
      • Tutorial
   5. Infura (A Gateway to Ethereum)
      • Mainnet End Point
      • Ropsten TestNet End Point
      • Kovan TestNet End Point
      • Rinkby TestNet End Point
      • IPFS
   6. Interacting with Smart Contract
      • Web3.js
      • Web3.py
   7. Python Ethereum Eco System
      • Article
6. Distributed Storage Systems
   1. IPFS
   2. SWARM
   3. Storej
   4. Sia
7. Ethereum Naming Service
   • ENS
8. Front End App
   • React / React Native
   • React Roadmap

Further Readings

Recommended Articles

1. Awesome Ethereum Resource Lists
2. Comprehensive Ethereum Developer Resource List

Recommended Libraries

1. Solidity Smart Contract Library: OpenZeppeline

Books

1. Mastering Ethereum: Building Smart Contracts and DApps

Courses

1. Ethereum and Solidity: The Complete Developer's Guide

Youtube/Medium Channels

1. Coinmonks
2. Dapp University Website, Dapp University Youtube
3. ZeppeLine

Wrap Up

If you think the roadmap can be improved, please do open a PR with any updates and submit any issues. Also, I will continue to improve this, so you might want to star this repository to revisit. QZweqfxbn

Contribution

The roadmap is built using Draw.io. Project file can be found at /src directory. To modify it, open draw.io, click Open Existing Diagram and choose xml file with project. It will open the roadmap for you. Update it, upload and update the images in readme and create a PR (export as png).

• Open a pull request with improvements
• Discuss ideas in issues
• Spread the word

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