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[Day 8] Imports are hard

Chase Struse — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:10:40 +0000

Day 8, another day, another day late post since I can't seem to remember to post at the end of the night..

All of my code can be found at this Github Repo

What did I do?

Implemented the User.sol
Got Storage.sol inside of User.sol
Trying to figure out why I cannot deploy the contracts

What did I learn?

Learned how to create an instance of a contract in solidity
Learned that there are not a whole lot of forum posts around solidity

Any Side Notes?

Don't forget to slow down. I'm always so amped and wanting to go straight into the code that I miss some small stuff and create headaches for myself that could have been solved long ago.

[Day 7] Solidity, why you gotta be like this?

Chase Struse — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:28:08 +0000

Day 7, totally forgot to post again.. Yesterday I had another fun day, it was a lot of head banging but it was still a fun time learning. Learning something new is always hard but as this journey progresses I am sure I will get better and better or at least I hope so!

All of my code can be found at this Github Repo

What did I do?

Spent a lot of time diagraming and trying to figure out how to structure the smart contracts using Miro
Read Ethereum.org documentation
Started to rearrange setup and deleted old contract and test and started implementing the new way I wanted to go.

What did I learn?

Learned that it is really beneficial to just take time to read and diagram, you don't always have to jump head first in
Learning to shift my head towards blockchain programming, thinking in solidity is a lot different than something like C#

Any Side Notes?

Don't forget to slow down. I'm always so amped and wanting to go straight into the code that I miss some small stuff and create headaches for myself that could have been solved long ago.

[Day 6] Why is blockchain so hard?!

Chase Struse — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 15:32:44 +0000

Day 6, my bad for not posting yesterday, I totally forgot to post but I didn't forget to code! Yesterday was a fun day and I am glad I got myself to code on the weekend. Sometimes weekends can be hard for me because I am so distracted by other things.

All of my code can be found at this Github Repo

What did I do?

Continued to modify the structure of the smart contracts
Wrote tests for Buyer contract
Fixed issues with failing tests
Found potential bugs in the way things are setup

What did I learn?

Learned how to get multiple return types from a function
Learned how to return multiple values from a single function
Learned what 'pure' and 'view' are in solidity

Any Side Notes?

Nope just gotta keep the grind going!

[Day 5] Another Dapp

Chase Struse — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 04:32:44 +0000

Day 5, let’s get it! Today was another weird day, tbh the whole weeks been shot but hey I’m still learning and still grinding and that’s all that matters!

All of my code can be found at this Github Repo

What did I do?

Researched Solidity best practices
Spent time experimenting with contracts
Wrote a storage contract and am attempting to get a purchase contract built

What did I learn?

Learned how to have inheritance in Solidity
Learned how to deal with storage

Any Side Notes?

Gotta keep the grind going!

[Day 4] Making another Dapp

Chase Struse — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 05:12:24 +0000

Day 4, whoop whoop! It's another cold day out here in Iowa unfortunately but you know what it could be worse. Today felt a little weird, I didn't feel nearly as creative as I usually do and it was hard to think up what I wanted to do for my next project. All I knew was I didn't want to follow a tutorial and do that again, I want to breakout from tutorial hell and learn on my own.

All of my code can be found at this Github Repo

What did I do?

Started an angular project
Added Truffle and Solidity
Watched videos regarding CSS tips and tricks
Tweaked some code with my personal website using the tips and tricks I learned

What did I learn?

Learned how to center a div a more efficient way
Learned how to initialize a truffle project
Learned how to structure a angular app with truffle

Any Side Notes?

While it was a day full of no motivation it felt good to still get something done thankfully!

[Day 3] Operation Making a Dapp Complete

Chase Struse — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 18:03:58 +0000

Day 3, can you believe it?!? Feels like this year is already flying by to be completely honest. I completed my first blockchain application this morning and I am so excited! I named the app Ether Marketplace. The app allows you to connect a metamask wallet and buy/sell products with your account using the Ethereum network! How freaking cool.

All of my code can be found at this Github Repo

What did I do?

Linked the createProduct method from the smart contract to front end
Hooked up the purchaseProduct method from the smart contract to the front end
Created a form to create a product and list it
Created a table to display products that are for sale
Fixed a spelling error I found in the smart contract
Added a README

What did I learn?

Learned how to get a method from a smart contract
Learned how to send data to the smart contracts data
Learned how to get a receipt that is returned after the smart contract is completed

Any Side Notes?

This was an incredibly fun project and even though I was following a tutorial I still felt like I learned an incredible amount of knowledge and I am sooo excited to utilize this information on my own projects
Huge shoutout to Dapp University, I couldn't have done this without them and I am happy I found them and can use them as a free resource
Find them here

[Day 2] Making a Dapp pt2

Chase Struse — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 05:28:41 +0000

Hey hey hey! It's day 2 of my 100 Days of Code challenge and I am super excited! I hope you all are having an incredible start to 2022, I know I for sure am. All of my code can be found at this Github Repo

What did I do?

Got smart contract to load to front end
Fixed issue from last night regarding webpack
Refactored and made some code prettier
Started to get the hang of ReactJs again after being in angular

What did I learn?

Learned how to connect a metamask profile to the application
Learned how to access a smart contract from the front end
Learned some more ReactJs basics
Learned more about web3 and getting account information

Any Side Notes?

It seems like smart contracts are a big part of the backend when it comes to web3 applications
Smart contracts are small and powerful
Connecting metamask to an application is surprisingly easy

[Day 1] Making a DApp

Chase Struse — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 03:27:53 +0000

Hey everyone, I hope the start of 2022 has been great for all of you! This year I decided that I would complete my first 100 days of code challenge. My objective of this is stated in my previous post if you were curious definitely go check it out!

What did I do?

Researched blockchain and blockchain technologies
Followed tutorial for blockchain development found here
Blogged about my experience

What did I learn?

Learned that Solidity is the main programming language used to create smart contracts on Ethereum
Learned how to setup and run a local blockchain network
Learned the basics of writing a smart contracts
Github Repo

Any Side Notes?

Ethereum and DApps really seem to be incredibly powerful, obviously only working on this for a day I don't have a ton of knowledge but the limited things I have done I have found to be extremely fun and I could feel the power.
I used to think Web3.0 and DApps were just a fad but now that I have gotten some development experience and have learned more about the blockchain I feel like I was completely wrong, this will more than likely be the future of the web.
Solidity has weird syntax

100 Days of Code

Chase Struse — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 15:09:29 +0000

New Year, New Technologies!

Hey everyone, with 2022 right around the corner people all around are making New Years resolutions and I figured I would get started on mine earlier rather than later!

Goals

Learn Web3 fundamentals
Learn Solidity and Blockchain fundamentals
Create a Decentralized Application
Continue to improve Web Development skills

[Day 1] 100 Days ReDo

Chase Struse — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 16:03:01 +0000

I completed day one of my redo of the 100 days of code yesterday. I currently work as a software engineer so my goal for this is to gain more knowledge to help me be more marketable.

With this I decided to begin by learning ReactJs. Currently I have only worked on backend projects using .Net so moving to front end has been an odd change.

For day one I started by purchasing a Udemy course (linked below) that I personally recommend. It has a ton of great content and I have already learned so much. I will link my GitHub repo for my notes and project so you all can see my progress!

Things I learned:
Components
State
How to utilize functions and classes

Links:
Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/course/complete-react-developer-zero-to-mastery/

Github: https://github.com/ChaseStruse/Notes/tree/master/React

Exploring Unity Game Engine

Chase Struse — Sat, 16 May 2020 04:55:49 +0000

Hey everyone, as I stated back in my previous post I have started to work on some fun projects and so I figured I would begin by exploring Unity. I started the other day and began by following along with a brackeys tutorial. If you haven't checked out his channel make sure you do he is amazing!

Anyways I began by following his first person shooter series and had a lot of fun but I am never one to follow tutorials for too long because I get super bored and don't learn as well. So I began trying to modify code and do my best to read through the documentation.

I ended up making a little capsule character that moves around the screen and can shoot a ray trace that isn't visible to the player just yet (still don't know how to do that lol). It's been a lot of fun and I am glad I have tried it, I hope to continue to learn and hopefully I'll have my own game soon.

It’s been a while...

Chase Struse — Thu, 14 May 2020 18:52:38 +0000

Well everyone, I’m back! Back in November I was posting about the #100days challenge and I was super excited. Since then I actually received a job offer and began my job as a software developer in December! Starting a new job has obviously been stressful and I feel like I have been doing all my learning while at work and after work I need to recharge so I haven’t been able to work on personal projects and develop other skills outside of work sadly. But starting today I will begin my adventure on continuing to learn and do projects outside of work for fun not just for work! This is super important for me because I feel like I’ve lost a little bit of my drive not being able to experiment and program outside of work. Anyways I hope to continue posting and learning! Thanks for everyone who read my rant I hope you all have a good day and feel free to connect with me!