fermartz / motoko-education

Curated content for getting started on the Internet Computer.

Getting started with the Internet Computer ♾.

This repository contains curated content from the 1st edition of the Motoko Bootcamp .

Lessons 📜

6 differents topics are covered, all the lessons are focused on Motoko.
For each topic, a guide is available and a set of challenges with their solution are also available.

• Introduction : Actor, function, types,variables, loops and modules
• Binary, Nat 8, Char and Text
• Array, Optional and Generic type, and Higher order functions
• Custom type and Linked list
• Principal, Hashmap, Cycles (how to deal with upgrades) & stable variables
• Variant types, Result type, HTTP request & Intercanister messages

Lectures 🎬

Each lecture is approximately 1 hour long and was held live by one of the bootcamp mentor.

• Motoko : introduction to the language by Seb .
• Motoko : Variables, function and types by Albert .
• An introduction to the Internet Computer protocol by Bob .
• Why Web 3.0 and the IC matter by Weedpatch .
• Motoko : Create, read, update & delete (CRUD) by Seb .
• Deploying your first canister locally and on the Internet Computer by Anthony .
• Introduction to NFTs on the IC by Ted .
• Candid, the language of the Internet Computer by Yan .
• Frontend and authentication by Kyle .
• Motoko : handle HTTP request and assets by Austin .
• Motoko : mutable states and shared types by Saikat Das .
• Rust : using tests to speed up development by Adam .
• Deploying a website on the Internet Computer by Saikat Das .
• Motoko : packages and vessel by Quint .
• Motoko : admin access, error handling and cycles management by Jorgen .
• Motoko : variant types by Paul .
• An introduction to the ICP ledger by Fulco .
• Typescript : writing canister with TS by Jordan .
• How to interact with a canister by Albert .
• Rust : handle ICP payments by Adam .
• Rust : storing data and keeping it secure on the IC by Nima .
• Token, nfts and standards on the IC by Jorgen .

This repository also contains the code during some lectures.

• Motoko : mutable states and shared types.
• Deploying a website on the Internet Computer.
• Motoko : create, read, update & delete.
• Motoko : admin access, error handling and cycles management.
• Token, nfts and standards on the IC.

Ressources 📚

Links to other helpful ressources.

Motoko documentation : The main documentation for the Motoko language.

Motoko playground : A sandbox to quickly write and test Motoko code from your browser.

Motoko extension : A Motoko extension for Visual Studio Code that provides syntax highlighting.

Dfinity education : Educational ressources on datastructures, web development, blockchain and more.

Examples : Sample code and applications written in Rust or Motoko.

create-ic-app : Template project for major framework (Vue, React, Vanilla JS,Svelte).

The invoice canister : processing payments on the IC.

Communities 👦

• Developer discord
• Dfinity forum