Welcome to the Tezos Developer Portal!
All you need to develop with Tezos
The Tezos Developer Portal is the perfect place to discover all there is to Tezos: its architecture and ecosystem, deploying smart contracts, setting up and working with clients.
Tezos is an open-source platform addressing key barriers facing blockchain adoption by improving smart contract safety, long-term upgradability, and open participation.
It is designed to:
- Offer open participation to all stakeholders,
- Provide secure, institutional-grade smart contracts, among others through the use of its native smart contract language, Michelson,
- Allow the network to propose and adopt technological innovation through the modular architecture and formal upgrade mechanism, and
- Align incentives for increased network security through the help of all stakeholders.
Start with the introduction to understand the fundamentals of blockchain technology and how they translate into Tezos. As you work through the chapters, you will install everything you need to get started with to then dive deeper.
In the Tezos Developer Portal you will find:
- An introduction into blockchain fundamentals and Tezos, from how consensus works to Tezos’ deployment pattern,
- An overview of the Tezos architecture,
- How to participate in a Tezos network and the first steps you need to take,
- Information on developing and deploying smart contracts in Tezos, including an introduction to SmartPy, the Web IDE, and Michelson,
- How to set up a client and fetch information from the blockchain using Taquito and the TzKT API,
- A dive into the ecosystem addressing oracles, Beacon, and FA2 interface, and
- A sample application of a continuous security offering - a Rolling simple agreement for future equity (Rolling SAFE) - and its web application developed with the Tezos stack.
The menu on the left organizes the content in the suggested chronological order for those who wish to thoroughly explore everything this portal has to offer. You can navigate through the content at your own pace.
Tezos Introduction
Discover how blockchain technology evolved and how Tezos fits in the overall technology development. An introduction to the technological fundamentals, as well as an introduction to Tezos can be found.
This well-rounded introduction dives into the main ideas behind the Tezos protocol in regard to its deployment pattern, consensus mechanism, smart contract development, and upgradeability.
Tezos Introduction
Getting to Know Tezos
With a quick overview of the Tezos architecture understand the different elements: What is a node, client, baker, endorser, and accuser? Discover the peer-to-peer layer of Tezos and the different languages Tezos relies on.
In addition, there is a fast-paced introduction on how to participate in a Tezos network, including first steps, generating a new key pair, adding testnet tez, and deploying a first contract.
Getting to Know Tezos
Writing Smart Contracts
Do you want to develop and deploy smart contracts on Tezos? No problem! Follow the different sections to:
- Discover what SmartPy is, including the language basics,
- Learn to work with the Web IDE,
- Learn how to test your smart contract,
- Understand Michelson code,
- Learn the basics of CameLIGO and PascaLIGO, and
- Develop and deploy smart contracts on the test network.
Let us dive into all the different aspects relating to smart contract development, deployment, and testing!
Writing Smart Contracts
Clients
Let’s take a deep dive into clients by exploring Tezos Taquito, a TypeScript library suite made available to make building on top of Tezos easier and more enjoyable.
You can have a look at how to:
- Fetch information from the Tezos blockchain with Taquito,
- Create and send transactions to the Tezos blockchain with Taquito,
- Code a simple client with Taquito and test it, and
- Work with TzKT API to fetch detailed information from the Tezos blockchain.
Let us discover clients on Tezos and all there is to Taquito!
ClientsEcosystem
Do you want to discover what the Tezos ecosystem has to offer? You can dive deeper into a selection of features.
Rolling SAFE Sample Application
Why not take a closer look at a continuous security offering, a Rolling SAFE, and its web application? The chapter on the sample application developed with the Tezos stack includes a description of the web application, the smart contract behind such an offering, and information on testing for such an application.
Discover the origins by taking a closer look at different funding mechanisms and SAFEs
Learn about Rolling SAFEs and their value added as a funding mechanism
Dive deeper into planning with a closer look on B9lab's approach
Want to take a look behind the curtains?
Discover implementing interactions with the Tezos blockchain
Take a look at testing with the SmartPy IDE and unit testing for wrappers
Create a test network, sandbox environment, and test the web application