Company
Date Published
Author
Harry Papacharissiou
Word count
592
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The inaugural Smart Contract Developer Bootcamp, held in July, successfully introduced over 1,000 developers from various continents to the essentials of smart contracts, Solidity, and Chainlink decentralized oracle networks, with an emphasis on creating hybrid smart contracts using off-chain data for advanced dApps. The bootcamp, attracting participants of diverse technical backgrounds, offered nine hours of presentations, demos, and exercises on topics such as blockchain basics, Solidity programming, Chainlink Data Feeds, and smart contract security, and provided access to popular development environments like Hardhat and Brownie. The event's sessions remain accessible online for those who missed them or wish to revisit the content, and there are plans to expand the bootcamp globally and in multiple languages. Future initiatives include more bootcamps and hackathons to further engage the developer community, while resources like Chainlink Engineering Video Tutorials and technical workshops remain available to support continuous learning and skill development.