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Rust Smart Contract 101

Rust Smart Contract 101

This course provides an introduction to developing on the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) platform using Rust. You will learn the basics of building and interacting with smart contracts on the ICP.

Learning Objective

After finishing the learning materials you will:

Understand the unique features of the ICP platform and how it differs from other blockchain platforms.
Be able to set up your development environment for building decentralized applications on the ICP platform.
Build a messaging smart contract (canister) in Rust that performs CRUD operations and be able to interact with it.

Prerequisites

In order to complete this course you should:

Have a basic of knowledge of Rust.
Have a text editor, preferably Visual Studio Code, due to its excellent support for Rust.
Be familiar with the terminal and command line interfaces.

Learning Modules

These are the learning modules included in this course.

Introduction to the Internet Computer

24 minutes

In this very short learning module, we will provide you with the essential resources that you need to understand the ICP platform.

Setting Up, Building, and Interacting with Smart Contracts on the Internet Computer

100 minutes

This module teaches you how to set up your development environment, understand the boilerplate code for a Rust project on the ICP platform, as well as build and interact with a simple messaging smart contract (canister) that performs CRUD operations.

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