# ETHEREUM DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTATION

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**Published on:** 2023-08-28
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@cptest001/ethereum-development-documentation

## Content

This documentation is designed to help you build with Ethereum. It covers Ethereum as a concept, explains the Ethereum tech stack, and documents advanced topics for more complex applications and use cases. This is an open-source community effort, so feel free to suggest new topics, add new content, and provide examples wherever you think it might be helpful. All documentation can be edited via GitHub – if you're unsure how, follow these instructions(opens in a new tab)↗. DEVELOPMENT MODULES If this is your first attempt at Ethereum development, we recommend starting at the beginning and working your way through like a book. Foundational topics Intro to Ethereum – A quick overview of Ethereum * Intro to Ether – A quick overview of Ether * Intro to dapps – An introduction to decentralized applications * Web2 vs Web3 – The fundamental differences that blockchain-based applications provide * Accounts – Entities in the network that can hold a balance and send transactions * Transactions – Transfers and other actions that cause Ethereum's state to change * Blocks – The way transactions are batched to ensure state is synchronised across all actors * Ethereum virtual machine (EVM) – The EVM handles all the computation on the Ethereum network Opcodes Gas – Computational power required to process transactions, paid for in ETH by transaction senders * Nodes and clients – The individuals participating in the network and the software they run to verify transactions Run a node Client diversity Nodes as a service Node architecture Light clients Archive nodes Bootnodes Networks – Implementations of Ethereum including test networks * Consensus mechanisms – How the individual nodes of a distributed network agree on the current state of the system Proof-of-work Proof-of-stake Ethereum stack Intro to the stack – An overview of the Ethereum/web3 stack * Smart contracts – Programs that reside at an Ethereum address and run functions when triggered by transactions Smart contract languages Smart contract anatomy Smart contracts libraries Testing smart contracts Compiling smart contracts Deploying smart contracts Verifying smart contracts Upgrading smart contracts Smart contract security Smart contract formal verification Composability Development networks – Local blockchain environments used to test dapps before deployment * Development frameworks – Tools that make developing with Ethereum easier * Ethereum client APIs – Convenience libraries that allow your web app to interact with Ethereum and smart contracts JavaScript APIs Backend APIs JSON-RPC Data and analytics – How blockchain data is aggregated, organized and implemented into dapps Block explorers Storage – Decentralized storage structures and mechanism * Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) – The best environments to write dapp code * Programming languages – How to get started with Ethereum using languages you may already know Dart Delphi .NET Golang Java JavaScript Python Ruby Rust Advanced Bridges – An overview of bridging for developers * Standards – Agreed upon protocols for maintaining efficiency and accessibility of projects to the community Token standards Maximal extractable value (MEV) – How value is extracted from the Ethereum blockchain beyond the block reward * Oracles – How information is injected into the Ethereum blockchain * Scaling – Methods for preserving decentralization and security as Ethereum grows Optimistic rollups Zero-knowledge rollups State channels Sidechains Plasma Validium Data availability – docs-nav-data-availability-description * Networking layer – Explanation of Ethereum's networking layer Network addresses Portal Network Data structures and encoding – Explanation of the data structures and encoding schema used across the Ethereum stack Patricia Merkle Trie Recursive-length prefix (RLP) Simple serialize (SSZ) Web3 secret storage definition https://copyright-authstamp.readonup.com/0xE35957F5080FE45706f38d59fFC12d7cf4EC4B79/6ce95fcb-351e-4caf-be89-a0f96b82df50

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