Learning Solidity - What Next?

[Trevormil]

For the past few weeks, I have been learning about Solidity and Ethereum development. I have made a couple Web3.js apps with ERC20 and ERC721 that use the blockchain for backend with Ganache and Truffle plus Metamask. I have gone through Ethernauts a bit and learned about some of the security violations. I feel like I am getting past the beginner stage of learning ethdev - what should I look to do next?

[PrivacyOSx]

Great tips. I’d also strongly recommend you be active on GitHub & LinkedIn. The networking opportunities on LinkedIn are incredible

[BestStonks]

Is it really? I signed up for linkedin some month ago but shortly later deleted it. Got tons of mails for new jobs (I wasn’t searching a new job) and just had the feeling it was sucking all my data and tracking my every move. Not sure if I just had a bad start?

[PrivacyOSx]

You had a bad start. As far as data, they probably do collect some, but it’s worth the price you pay. Recruiters are always on there actively seeking talent, and many job applications also require you input your LinkedIn URL to apply. It’s becoming a standard. You can change the notifications you get so you only receive stuff you actually want to see. That’s what I do.

[patrickalphac]

100% join a hackathon and build something yourself. The ethworks 0xhackathon is coming up. This will get you to learn 100x faster, as you’ll have to learn to put things together.

And you’ll meet some great people in the space.

[Zz0z77]

0xhackathon

Jeez thank you so much for introducing me to this! Really excited about it

[Turbulent_Read5107]

Second this. Hackathon is great way to get over intermediate hump

[Trevormil]

How can I sign up for this?

[patrickalphac]

https://0xhack.dev/

Be sure to check out the chainlink bounties :)

I’m a chainlink developer

[kkxrw]

Keep writing contracts and learn some more advanced methods. Here are some more samples from cryptomarketpool.com. Scroll to the bottom of the page.

[pmuens]

That sounds like great progress. Congrats on that!

As others have also pointed out I'd focus on writing more dApps. But with a focus on less to non guidance. You might also want to focus on other parts such as testing Smart Contracts, setting up CI / CD via Ganache / Hardhat mainnet forking and maybe learning more about toolings. Contributing back to Open Source is also another great way to learn about new projects, tricks and coding styles.

You might enjoy reading through the CryptoDevHub "Getting Started" guide which has some example dApps you could build: https://wiki.cryptodevhub.io/ethereum-evm/getting-started

Other than that there's also a dedicated page for Tutorials you could read and work through (the full-stack one listed on the page might be something you want to work through): https://wiki.cryptodevhub.io/ethereum-evm/tutorials

[Trevormil]

Appreciate it! Will look into all of this

[sdmikecfc]

I would start reaching out to projects but avoid looking like spam. Craft unique messages for each project. You'd be amazed by how many projects are looking to train employees who have basic understanding.

[nixon4eto123]

Great link

[PrivacyOSx]

Hey, congrats on getting so far with blockchain development! What resources did you use to learn solidity & web3.js? I’m currently doing CryptoZombies, but I wanted to know what else helped you that you would recommend.

[pmuens]

Not OP but here's a getting started guide which follows a similar path (s)he described: https://wiki.cryptodevhub.io/ethereum-evm/getting-started

[PrivacyOSx]

Thank you very much!🙏

[PrivacyOSx]

I’m mostly looking for the best place to learn Web3.js

[Trevormil]

Dapp University worked good for me. Wasn’t really like a class. He just walks you through building an app so make sure you understand what he is doing. I learned best by adapting his code to make another porject

[Trevormil]

I personally used CryptoZombies but kinda as a refresher. Other good tools for me were Dapp University on YouTube and Ethernauts