Smart Contracts

Smart Contracts

Name: Smart Contracts
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This course is part of Blockchain Specialization

Instructor: Bina Ramamurthy

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

4.6

(2,309 reviews)

Intermediate level

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Flexible schedule

Approx. 17 hours

Learn at your own pace

93%

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This second course of the Blockchain specialization will help you design, code, deploy and execute a smart contract.

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There are 4 modules in this course

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.

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.

What's included

5 videos6 readings5 assignments

5 videosTotal 33 minutes

Smart Contract Basics: Why Smart Contracts?10 minutesPreview module
Smart Contracts Defined (Part 1) (Remix IDE and Greeter Demos)7 minutes
Smart Contracts Defined (Part 2) (Simple Storage Demo)5 minutes
Processing Smart Contracts (Compile Artifacts Demo)4 minutes
Deploying Smart Contracts4 minutes

6 readingsTotal 55 minutes

(OPTIONAL) Resources: Why Smart Contracts?10 minutes
Updated Smart contracts (Solidity version 5.9)5 minutes
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Smart Contracts Defined10 minutes
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Processing Smart Contracts10 minutes
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Deploying Smart Contracts10 minutes
REQUIRED Quiz Resources and Directions: Smart Contract Basics - Week10 minutes

5 assignmentsTotal 150 minutes

Smart Contract Basics30 minutes
Self-Check30 minutes
Self-Check30 minutes
Self-Check30 minutes
Self-Check30 minutes

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.

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7 videos5 readings6 assignments

7 videosTotal 47 minutes

Solidity: Structure6 minutesPreview module
Basic Data Types & Statements (Bidder Data & Functions Demos)6 minutes
Specific Data Types (Part 1) (Coin Demo)6 minutes
Specific Data Types (Part 2) (Coin Demo cont.)2 minutes
Data Structures (Part 1) (BallotV1 Demo)10 minutes
Data Structures (Part 2) (StateTransV2 Demo)7 minutes
Access Modifiers & Applications7 minutes

5 readingsTotal 70 minutes

(OPTIONAL) Resources: Solidity: Structure10 minutes
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Basic Data Types & Statements10 minutes
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Specific Data Types10 minutes
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Data Structures30 minutes
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Access Modifiers & Applications10 minutes

6 assignmentsTotal 180 minutes

Solidity - Week 230 minutes
Self-Check30 minutes
Self-Check30 minutes
Self-Check30 minutes
Self-Check30 minutes
Self-Check30 minutes

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.

What's included

8 videos4 readings5 assignments

8 videosTotal 35 minutes

Putting It All Together: Developing Smart Contracts6 minutesPreview module
Time Elements (Part 1)4 minutes
Time Elements (Part 2) (BallotV2 Demo)6 minutes
Time Elements (Part 3)2 minutes
Validation & Test (Part 1) (BallotV3 Demo)7 minutes
Validation & Test (Part 2) (BallotV4 Demo)3 minutes
Client Applications2 minutes
Practitioner's Perspective: Shared Rules & Trust3 minutes

4 readingsTotal 40 minutes

(OPTIONAL) Resources: Developing Smart Contracts5 minutes
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Time Elements5 minutes
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Validation & Test15 minutes
(OPTIONAL) Resources: Client Applications15 minutes

5 assignmentsTotal 150 minutes

Putting It All Together - Week 330 minutes
Self-Check30 minutes
Self-Check30 minutes
Self-Check30 minutes
Self-Check30 minutes

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.

What's included

3 videos4 readings1 assignment1 programming assignment

3 videosTotal 15 minutes

Best Practices: Evaluating Smart Contracts4 minutesPreview module
Designing Smart Contracts7 minutes
Remix Web IDE3 minutes

4 readingsTotal 40 minutes

(OPTIONAL) Resources: Best Practices10 minutes
(MANDATORY READING) Addendum: Solidity Version10 minutes
Assignment Description10 minutes
Smart Contracts: Key Takeaways10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Best Practices- Week 430 minutes

1 programming assignmentTotal 180 minutes

Design and Develop a Smart Contract180 minutes

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4.5 (349 ratings)

Bina Ramamurthy

The State University of New York

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Reviewed on Mar 1, 2022

Best , if you have no programming back ground still you can learn the basics of the smart contract very well and move on in the word of Blockchain applications.

Reviewed on Jan 12, 2019

Everything great, however the last assignment could have some more guidance, or stepped approach. I had to do a lot of guessing instead of being sure of what to do.

Reviewed on Jul 30, 2019

some resources must be reordered with the vedios for the student to keep on trying the code in the vediothanks alot for the course content its simple and progressive

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This course is for anyone interested in designing and developing smart contracts. Along with other courses of the Blockchain specialization, it provides the foundation to design and develop decentralized applications (the focus of the third course) on the blockchain.

Mastery of content from the first course of the specialization (Blockchain Basics) is a prerequisite. Knowledge of at least one modern, high-level programming language is required.

A laptop or a desktop of this specification: 64 bit machine with minimum 4Gb ram, 10Gb free space and Windows 7 or above , or ubuntu 16.04 or Mac os x 10.0+.

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The course may offer 'Full Course, No Certificate' instead. This option lets you see all course materials, submit required assessments, and get a final grade. This also means that you will not be able to purchase a Certificate experience.

When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free.

Smart Contracts

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Skills you'll gain

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Build your subject-matter expertise

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There are 4 modules in this course

Smart Contract Basics

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Solidity

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Putting it all Together

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Best Practices

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Instructor

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