Ethereum Development Course - Blockchain at Berkeley

This course will teach you how to become an experienced solidity developer

Blockchain at Berkeley and leaders of well-respected Blockchain start-ups like Consensys, BlockApps, Virtue Poker, and UJO Music have pooled their experience and knowledge to design a curriculum to turn you into an effective developer of secure Decentralized Applications (dApps) on Ethereum.

The Blockchain Development Bootcamp is comprised four modules of full stack programming on the Ethereum Blockchain:

[FREE] Module 1: Developer Environment Setup and Hello World

Getting Started
Ethereum and Solidity Recap
A Starting Example
The bank contract
Hands-on Development
Installing Dependencies
Project Structure
“Hello World!” (Greeter) Contract
Truffle Init
Connecting to the Real World
Attaching Frontend
Web3 api
Create-react-app
Truffle Migrations
Finishing Touches
Javascript Console
Contract Interaction and Final Questions
Module 2: Solidity In-Depth

Data Types and Associated Methods
Typing and your contracts storage
Typing in solidity
Data Structures
Your contracts storage
Structs
Mappings
Simple Operators
Global Variables
Functions and More
Accessor functions
Events
Modifiers
Branching and Loops
Objects and Contracts
Calling external contract
Inheritance
Import
Other Keywords
Throwing
Selfdestruct

Module 3: Advanced Dapp Development

Greeter Review
Git clone if needed
Testrpc window, npm install/start window, truffle migrate, EthereumSetup.js
Truffle console and final product
How to fetch chain state
What is the web3 api
What is a contract abi?
Why do I have to change the address every time
Web3 API
Pulling information from the blockchain
Modify greeter app that uses web3 to retrieve:
Wallet address
Balance (BigNumber note. Have people try to get as decimal and fail)
Latest block number
Latest block timestamp
Latest block hash
Gas price
Developer Tools I: MetaMask and Deployment
Metamask Chrome Setup
Communication between your browser and your blockchain
Sending and Signing Transactions
Live deployment to Kovan testnet
Live deployment to Ethereum Mainnet

Module 4: Security and Attacks Vectors

Philosophy and Fundamentals
Basic Security
Solidity defaults
.send() vs .transfer vs .call().value()
“Smart” smart contract standards
Attack Vectors
Data races
Integer overflow
Community tools
OpenZeppelin
Oyente
SolCover