Guide to follow this course

[AnirbanNath-dev]

hello folks , I am passionate about web3 , blockchain and wanna deep dive into the sea of web3 . Can someone who has started , or someone who has completed , guide me how to follow along and whats the best practises i should follow to become a better developer

[neilburbage]

Hi AnirbanNath,

How to follow along:

I’m presuming that you have set up Remix - Ethereum IDE browser version and have a MetaMask a/c with wallet.
I cautiously suggest signing up to the Coinbase exchange and buying a small amount of Ethereum2.
I’d recommend an extended display: one screen with the Blockchain Solidity course,
The other screen with Solidity Remix IDE (three screens is ideal later in the course).
As Patrick types out the code, and saves, and deploys the smart contracts just follow along!
If you run into trouble post your issue in this forum, and hopefully someone will answer soon.

Best practices:

I saw your GitHub repo, you have the coding skills, so I hope this isn’t too obvious.
Never disclose to anyone the recovery phrase of any of your cryptocurrency wallets!!!
I found this free course to be very helpful when I was starting out:
https://www.codecademy.com/learn/introduction-to-blockchain-and-crypto
Keep following the best practices for naming files and writing code.
Follow the best practices for securing blockchain.
e.g. https://www.educative.io/blog/coding-best-practices
e.g. https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/tip/8-best-practices-for-blockchain-security
I hope this helps, and best of luck with the course AnirbanNath.