# RoadToWeb3_Week 1 **Published by:** [Beaver Ninja](https://paragraph.com/@beaver-ninja/) **Published on:** 2022-11-24 **URL:** https://paragraph.com/@beaver-ninja/roadtoweb3-week-1 ## Content The first project to work on the RoadToWeb3 (r2w3) course was How to Develop an NFT Smart Contract (ERC721) with Alchemy I followed the video tutorial by Vitto and learned the following topics: How to develop the ERC721 Smart Contract With the OpenZeppelin Contract Wizard. And how to select the NFT (ERC721) token features Modifying and deploying the ERC721 contract with REMIX IDE Creating a free Alchemy account. How to choose the Goerli network and click on create App. Adding Alchemy Goerli to Metamask wallet. Getting free Goerli test ETH How to compile and deploy the NFT Smart Contract on the Goerli Testnet, (here is my deployed contract address) https://goerli.etherscan.io/address/0x7947aff3b0a4446c4513f4b2787e14a6b0c09465 What is NFTs Metadata? How to Format Your NFT Metadata. Creating and Uploading the Metadata on IPFS How to mint my Goerli NFT And finally how to visualize my NFT on OpenSea testnet (here is the address) https://testnets.opensea.io/assets/goerli/0x7947aff3b0a4446c4513f4b2787e14a6b0c09465/3 <nft-card contractAddress="0x7947aff3b0a4446c4513f4b2787e14a6b0c09465" tokenId="3" network="rinkeby"> </nft-card> <script src="https://unpkg.com/embeddable-nfts/dist/nft-card.min.js"></script> After completing the Week 1 project, I submitted it for Alchemy’s team review and soon received my first proof of knowledge - POK! https://opensea.io/assets/0x60576a64851c5b42e8c57e3e4a5cf3cf4eeb2ed6/583 ## Publication Information - [Beaver Ninja](https://paragraph.com/@beaver-ninja/): Publication homepage - [All Posts](https://paragraph.com/@beaver-ninja/): More posts from this publication - [RSS Feed](https://api.paragraph.com/blogs/rss/@beaver-ninja): Subscribe to updates