**Thinking of becoming a solidity developer in 2023 and don’t know how to go about it or where to start?

Or Have you started your solidity Journey but don’t know the next step, or do you feel overwhelmed by the many resources?**

You are at the right place. This article will point out the guidelines you need to become a solidity developer in 2023.

First, you need to know who a solidity developer is. But then, what is solidity?

According to solidity documentation, Solidity is an object-oriented, high-level language for implementing smart contracts. To know what a smart contract is, you can check my previous article on smart contracts.

Simply put, A Solidity developer is a blockchain developer who writes smart contracts on Ethereum-based applications.

How can you become a successful solidity BLockchain developer in 2023?

Step 1: Start from the very basics.

This means you have to do a lot of studying and research. what should you study?

1. What is web3

2. What is blockchain

3. what is Ethereum

4. Ethereum basics

5. Ethereum clients

6. Cryptography basics

7. Wallet

8. Transactions

9. smart contract

10. solidity basics

11. Smart contract securities

12. Ethereum virtual machine and how it works

13. Decentralized Applications

14. Decentralized finance

The list above seems small but they have a lot of branches beneath them. An in-depth study of those topics above can take you deep into the solidity world. Don’t make the mistake I made when I started learning solidity. I jumped into writing codes instead of knowing the basics first. I had to pause code writing to carry out proper studies and research. Unlike other programming languages, solidity doesn’t just require writing codes. You must also be dedicated to studying and researching so as to know the proper strategies and building blocks to write your codes.

Step 2: Move into the technical aspect. Learn more about the EVM and solidity

1. The life cycle of a smart contract

2. Basics of building a smart contract with solidity

3. Data types for solidity

4. Data types for EVM

5. State, local and global variables

6. Functions

7. View and pure functions

8. Constructors

9. Function modifiers

10. Constants and immutable

11. if Else, for and while loops

12. Inheritance and multiple inheritances

13. Error handling

14. Array, mapping, struct and Enum

15. storage, memory and calldata

16. Event

17. Visibility

18. Payable, fallback and receive

19. call and delegate call

20. Library

21. ERC20 tokens

The above list might look overwhelming, but if you can get the basics, you are good to move to the next step. To fully go technical, you might be needing Remix Ide. Remix Ide help you write, debug and compile your solidity code. You can learn all these from good resources like Ethereum’s website, smart contract programmers channel, and EVM Opcodes on youtube.

Step 3: Learn solidity tools. Tools like:

1. Hardhat

2. Truffle

3. Foundry

4. Brownie

5. Echidna

6. Infura

7. Alchemy

Note: It is not compulsory to master all these tools. You can start with Hardhat and truffle as they are easier to use. Research more on these tools to get how they work and what they are used for. Make proper research so you won’t be confused.

Step 4: Gaining experience

You can start gaining experience from building DApps. It’s not a bad idea to start following tutorial videos in developing a full DApp. You can build simple ones like:

1. An ICO

2. An NFT smart contract

3. A DeFi DApp

4. A staking DApp

5. A token swap DApp and lots more.

There are a lot of resources out there on youtube where you can start.

Again, becoming a solidity developer is not just about writing codes. You need to love or learn to love how to read and make research. I would recommend getting the book Mastering Ethereum: Building Smart Contracts and DApps by Dr Gavin Wood. This book has helped me a lot and I believe it will help you.

You can also read the Ethereum whitepaper, participate in Ethereum Hackathons, and keep up with Ethereum’s latest news.

If you would like to work in the blockchain industry, I suggest you gain knowledge and experience by reading, experimenting, and contributing to open-source projects. Experiment and build.

Do you think these things are too much for you to learn? Take your time and learn step by step. To be a better developer, you need to know the basics. It is not just by writing codes, It is by writing good and secure code and understanding what you are writing. I hope this helps you in your journey as a solidity developer. If you have any questions, you can put them in the comment section.

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