This second course of the Blockchain specialization will help you design, code, deploy and execute a smart contract – the computational element of the blockchain technology. Smart contracts allow for implementing user-defined operations of arbitrary complexity that are not possible through plain cryptocurrency protocols. They allow users to implement conditions, rules and policies of the domain applications. Smart contracts are a powerful feature that, when properly designed and coded, can result in autonomous, efficient and transparent systems.
You will design and program smart contracts in Solidity language, test and deploy them in the Remix development environment, and invoke them from a simple web interface that Remix provides. This course features best practices for designing solutions with smart contracts using Solidity and Remix IDE.
Main concepts are delivered through videos, demos and hands-on exercises.
This course is part of the Blockchain Specialization
Smart Contracts
Offered By
University at Buffalo
The State University of New York
About this Course
4.6
481 ratings
What you will learn
This second course of the Blockchain specialization will help you design, code, deploy and execute a smart contract.
Skills you will gain
CryptocurrencyBlockchainSoliditySmart ContractRemix IDE
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
1Smart Contract Basics
The purpose of this module is to introduce the reasons for a smart contract and its critical role in transforming blockchain technology from enabling decentralized systems. We will explore the structure and basic concepts of a smart contract through examples, and illustrate Remix (remix.ethereum.org) web IDE for deploying and interacting with a smart contract.
5 videos (Total 33 min), 5 readings, 5 quizzes
5 videos
Smart Contracts Defined (Part 1) (Remix IDE and Greeter Demos)7m
Smart Contracts Defined (Part 2) (Simple Storage Demo)5m
Processing Smart Contracts (Compile Artifacts Demo)4m
Deploying Smart Contracts4m
5 readings
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Why Smart Contracts?10m
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Smart Contracts Defined10m
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Processing Smart Contracts10m
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Deploying Smart Contracts10m
REQUIRED Quiz Resources and Directions: Smart Contract Basics - Week10m
5 practice exercises
Self-Check30m
Self-Check30m
Self-Check30m
Self-Check30m
Smart Contract Basics30m
Week
2Solidity
Our goal is to master the basics of Solidity, a high-level language that is a combination of Javascript, Java and C++. It is specially designed to write smart contracts and to target the Ethereum Virtual Machine. Learners will be able to follow demonstrations and practice using Solidity.
7 videos (Total 47 min), 5 readings, 6 quizzes
7 videos
Basic Data Types & Statements (Bidder Data & Functions Demos)6m
Specific Data Types (Part 1) (Coin Demo)6m
Specific Data Types (Part 2) (Coin Demo cont.)2m
Data Structures (Part 1) (BallotV1 Demo)10m
Data Structures (Part 2) (StateTransV2 Demo)7m
Access Modifiers & Applications7m
5 readings
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Solidity: Structure10m
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Basic Data Types & Statements10m
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Specific Data Types10m
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Data Structures30m
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Access Modifiers & Applications10m
6 practice exercises
Self-Check4m
Self-Check8m
Self-Check6m
Self-Check4m
Self-Check4m
Solidity - Week 230m
Week
3Putting it all Together
This module focuses on the development of the Ballot smart contract incrementally to illustrate various features including time dependencies, validation outside the function code using access modifiers, asserts and require declarations, and event logging.
8 videos (Total 36 min), 4 readings, 5 quizzes
8 videos
Time Elements (Part 1)4m
Time Elements (Part 2) (BallotV2 Demo)6m
Time Elements (Part 3)2m
Validation & Test (Part 1) (BallotV3 Demo)7m
Validation & Test (Part 2) (BallotV4 Demo)3m
Client Applications2m
Practitioner's Perspective: Shared Rules & Trust3m
4 readings
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Developing Smart Contracts5m
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Time Elements5m
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Validation & Test15m
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Client Applications15m
5 practice exercises
Self-Check6m
Self-Check6m
Self-Check4m
Self-Check4m
Putting It All Together - Week 330m
Week
4Best Practices
This module will focus on best practices including evaluating whether a blockchain-based solution is suitable for your problem, designing Solidity smart contracts, and those relating to Remix IDE.
3 videos (Total 16 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes
4 readings
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Best Practices10m
(MANDATORY READING) Addendum: Solidity Version10m
Assignment Description10m
Smart Contracts: Key Takeaways10m
1 practice exercise
Best Practices- Week 420m
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Top Reviews
By AN•Jan 12th 2019
Great course for the beginners. Its gives an overview of smart contract, Solidity , Remix IDE. it definitely gives a lot of confidence to the trainee upon completion of the course.
By AA•Nov 16th 2018
Good course, well explained for beginners. Along with the course, pay attention to reading section especially referred youtube course of solidity for more examples.
Instructor
Bina Ramamurthy
Teaching ProfessorComputer Science and Engineering Department
About University at Buffalo
The University at Buffalo (UB) is a premier, research-intensive public university and the largest, most comprehensive institution of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. UB offers more than 100 undergraduate degrees and nearly 300 graduate and professional programs.
About The State University of New York
The State University of New York, with 64 unique institutions, is the largest comprehensive system of higher education in the United States. Educating nearly 468,000 students in more than 7,500 degree and certificate programs both on campus and online, SUNY has nearly 3 million alumni around the globe.
About the Blockchain Specialization
This specialization introduces blockchain, a revolutionary technology that enables peer-to-peer transfer of digital assets without any intermediaries, and is predicted to be just as impactful as the Internet. More specifically, it prepares learners to program on the Ethereum blockchain. The four courses provide learners with (i) an understanding and working knowledge of foundational blockchain concepts, (ii) a skill set for designing and implementing smart contracts, (iii) methods for developing decentralized applications on the blockchain, and (iv) information about the ongoing specific industry-wide blockchain frameworks.
The specialization covers a range of essential topics, from the cryptographic underpinnings of blockchain technology to enabling decentralized applications on a private Ethereum blockchain platform.
It is ideal for programmers and designers involved in developing and implementing blockchain applications, and anyone who is interested in understanding its potential.
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