The tutorial provides a beginner-friendly guide to building a "Hello World" smart contract using the Solidity programming language, which is designed for the Ethereum Virtual Machine. It explains that smart contracts are immutable programs executed on blockchains, and introduces Solidity as an object-oriented, high-level language influenced by C++, Python, and JavaScript. The tutorial utilizes Remix, an online integrated development environment, to write, compile, deploy, and debug the smart contract. It outlines the steps to create, compile, and deploy the contract, including defining a simple function that returns "Hello World." Once deployed, users can interact with the contract through Remix. The tutorial concludes by encouraging users to explore further possibilities with their smart contracts, such as deploying to testnets or mainnets and modifying contract functionalities.