[00:01] developer you're in the right place today I'm sharing a complete blockchain essential skills you need the tools I personally recommend and how much time you should spend on each assuming you dedicate 3 to 5 hours of studying every
[00:14] day this road map should take you about 8 to 10 months to complete let's Jump [Music] In first I want to give a quick shout out to our newest members Edgars Christian Bluff gien shales Joe thank
[00:28] supporting me you're awesome by the way if you're new here welcome this channel is all about helping you build a strong foundation in coding and land your dream Tech job I create practical no fluff tutorials road maps and career advice to
[00:42] help you succeed if that sounds good hit subscribe and check out the other videos on this channel the first step to learning blockchain development is to pick up a programming language the two most popular languages for blockchain
[00:54] development are Python and JavaScript python is the easiest to learn and is widely used in blockchain scripting JavaScript is common for frontend we'll talk about later in this video if you're starting out stick to one
[01:07] language preferably python so you don't get confused after learning python picking up JavaScript will be much faster if you study and code 3 to 5 hours a day you can learn the basics of either language in about 2 months now to
[01:19] help you on this journey I've created a free supplementary PDF that breaks down the specific Concepts you need to learn for each skill it's a great resource to review your progress find gaps in your knowledge and prepare for interviews you
[01:31] can find the link in the description Box by the way I have a bunch of tutorials my website if you're looking for structured learning again links are in need to learn is a version control system like git git is not a programming
[01:46] language it's a tool we use to track changes to our code and collaborate with others git and GitHub which is a platform that hosts git repositories are essential for every developer git has a ton of features but you don't need to
[01:58] know them all for everyday use think of it like the 8020 rule 80% of the time you use 20% of gits features 1 to 2 weeks of practice is enough to get up tutorials on this channel and complete courses on my website if you prefer
[02:12] structured learning the next step is studying data structures and algorithms this is one of the topics taught to computer science students that a lot of asked in job interviews it's particularly important for blockchain
[02:25] development every operation can have a cost so you have to learn how to process and store data efficiently and this is where data structures come into the play you have to use the right data structure for the right problem so make sure to
[02:38] study the classic data structures like arrays link lists Stacks cues and so on you'll be in great shape once you have a good grasp of blockchain fundamentals you're ready to learn about smart contracts these are programs that run on
[02:52] a blockchain like little robots that follow specific rules and can't be changed once their life now solidity is the most popular language for writing smart contracts on ethereum don't let the name scare you it's similar to other
[03:04] coding languages once you get the hang of it you can practice using remix IDE which is a web-based development environment for ethereum smart contracts start coding and testing your smart contracts immediately without extensive
[03:18] local setup once you get comfortable writing simple contracts with remix IDE then I would recommend learning hard hat for more professional and Enterprise level workflows it's a popular local development environment for ethereum
[03:30] smart contracts it gives you a framework and a set of tools to build test deploy effectively spend about a month or two building small projects like a basic token or nft now once you build and deploy a smart contract to a blockchain
[03:45] network then you need to allow users to interact with it and this is where dap or decentralized application development comes into play a Dap is basically an application that looks and feels like a regular web or mobile app but instead of
[03:58] having a single company server at the back end it uses a blockchain network for its core operations now to build a dab you have to learn a front and framework for building user interfaces we have a few tools here like react
[04:10] popular tool for building user interfaces now to learn react you need to learn JavaScript and ideally typescript which is a super cell of JavaScript that is widely used in react projects these days you can learn the
[04:23] essence of JavaScript and typescript in about 2 months and then you need another month or two to learn react also you should get familiar with web3 libraries like web3js or ether's JS for connecting your frontend application to the
[04:35] blockchain so if you dedicate a few hours every day and follow this road map you'll have the necessary knowledge to apply for an entry-level blockchain you have any questions please let me know in the comments and I'll do my best
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