Greetings Ethereum community! We last connected on August 5 – how’s it going? We’re here to discuss something novel that we’ve rolled out.
Perhaps you’ve already observed, but we now have a fresh Developers section. For an extended period, this material was merely a collection of links to tools you might find beneficial while constructing a dapp. We offered minimal context and left much of the connecting the dots to you. We believed we could enhance this.
Technical knowledge regarding Ethereum is frequently scattered, which can pose a challenge for novice developers attempting to find their footing.
Familiarizing yourself with Ethereum development can feel like climbing uphill against a tide of antiquated Stack Exchange discussions and Medium posts. Or as if you’re trudging through murky waters while searching crypto Twitter for something valuable.
Thus, we aimed to create a continually updated repository for developer materials that assists you in:
- Getting acquainted with Ethereum’s inner workings
- Testing out code
- Grasping the technology stack of dapps
And perhaps even more crucially, we intended it to be a platform for collaboration within the community. Anyone is welcome to submit PRs to enrich and uphold the content. We’ve already witnessed a tremendous eagerness from the community to engage and assist us in enhancing the documentation, which is fantastic.
In other terms, we aspired to establish MDN for Ethereum. And employ our excellent translators to facilitate education on a worldwide scale.
We at the ethereum.org team may not have all the solutions, but collectively, we excel at sharing knowledge. Now, you have the platform to do so.
How you can participate
Similar to ethereum.org as a whole, the portal is open-source and there are various ways to contribute, whether you’re technical or not.
- Share your expertise: we require knowledgeable individuals to contribute information, code samples, and more.
- Submit tutorials: if you’ve authored a tutorial to assist Ethereum devs, add it to ethereum.org to broaden its audience
- Review content and PRs: are you an authority on a subject? Help us ensure our content is as precise as possible.
- Provide feedback: any thoughts on your experiences are immensely valuable for our team. Reach out to us on Twitter or Discord.
- Share your suggestions: anyone can assist us in designing the best learning experiences possible.
- Refer to your friends: Do you have aspiring developer friends? Direct them to ethereum.org/en/developers.
Contributors are acknowledged whenever feasible.
Alright, now for a brief tour…
So what’s new?
Visit the site and share your thoughts on Twitter or our Discord. Here’s a summary of the new features currently available:
Ethereum documentation that provides you with the essential background to comprehend how Ethereum operates and how to develop on the web3 stack.
You can now explore community tutorials and create tutorials for ethereum.org to connect with a vast audience – we’ll be translating them to broaden their reach.
There are connections to dapp development frameworks and additional developer tools to assist you in transitioning from concept to a deployed dApp. And to support the fantastic community initiatives that exist.
This project is still very much in the MVP stage. We wanted to prioritize getting a fundamental level of documentation out there. In the near future, we will focus on a series of enhancements that:
- improve the categorization of the projects we feature and include more filtering choices, facilitating easier tool selection.
- develop more guided learning journeys, specifically aimed at complete beginners.
- enhance the documentation with useful diagrams and videos (Know of any that would fit well on one of our pages? Feel free to open a PR!).
- attract additional contributors to ensure the documentation is as beneficial as possible.
Many of these concepts originated from usability tests we conducted with phenomenal individuals and potential members of the Ethereum community – a massive thank you to them!.
In the long run, we aspire to incorporate more features that can demonstrate (as well as explain), inject more web3 elements into the portal itself, and create incentives/rewards for contributors. If you have any suggestions – we would greatly appreciate your insights.
Immediate Assistance Needed
If you’re skilled with words and knowledgeable about the Ethereum stack or the EVM, here are a few open content issues you could assist with:
Thank You!
Although it’s still the early stages, we wouldn’t have made it this far without certain individuals who provided their insights and feedback along the way. A huge thanks to these wonderful people who have contributed in one way or another to the launch of this portal:
Andrei Tonkikh, Artur Gontijo, Togzhan Barakbayeva, Felipe Farragi, Adrian Li, Paul Berg, Christian Reitwiessner, Franziska Heintel, Ryan Ghods, Hudson Jameson, Austin Griffiths, Jordan Lesich, Charles St Louis, David Murdoch, Kevin Bluer, Brian Gu, Marc Garreau, Markus Waas, Rob Stupay, Yann Levreau, Scott Bigelow, Santiago Palladino, Sina Goodfiotit, Charles St. Louis, Griffin Hotchkiss, Mario Havel, Edson Allyon, Franco Zeoli, Pato Palladino, Albert Ni, and Eric Shepherd
