Foundry Fundamentals - Verify a smart contract on Etherscan

Verify a smart contract on Etherscan

Guide on verifying Ethereum smart contracts on Etherscan, covering manual verification steps and the importance of contract readability and accessibility.

Course Overview

About the course

What you'll learn

Foundryup, Foundry Forge, and Anvil

Blockchain Oracles

How to create local Blockchain testnets

How to verify a smart contract

How to write and run smart contract tests

Course Description

Who is this course for?

Software engineers
Web3 developers
Blockchain security researchers

Potential Careers

Security researcher

$49,999 - $120,000 (avg. salary)

Smart Contract Engineer

$100,000 - $150,000 (avg. salary)

Web3 developer

$60,000 - $150,000 (avg. salary)

Web3 Developer Relations

$85,000 - $125,000 (avg. salary)

Smart Contract Auditor

$100,000 - $200,000 (avg. salary)

Meet your instructors

Patrick Collins

Founder at Cyfrin

Web3 engineer, educator, and Cyfrin co-founder. Patrick's smart contract development and security courses have helped hundreds of thousands of engineers kickstarting their careers into web3.

Guest lecturers:

Richard Gottleber

Developer relations at Chainlink

Vasiliy Gualoto

Developer relations at Cyfrin

Last updated on November 29, 2024

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Foundry Fundamentals

Section 1: Foundry Simple Storage

Duration: 2h 52min

1. Introduction - Foundry simple storage

Introduction to transitioning from Remix IDE to Foundry for professional smart contract development, along with resources for troubleshooting. Duration: 7min

2. Development environment setup (Mac, Linux)

Guide to setting up a development environment on Mac and Linux, including installing Visual Studio Code (VSCode) and Git. Duration: 3min

3. Development environment setup (Windows)

Tutorial on setting up a development environment on Windows using WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) and installing Visual Studio Code. Duration: 9min

4. Develop in cloud using Gitpod

Overview of using Gitpod for cloud-based development, highlighting its benefits, limitations, and precautions for usage. Duration: 4min

5. Local Setup

A quick look at VS Code terminal commands - A quick video exploring a couple of helpful keyboard shortcuts for clearing the terminal and toggling it open and closed. Duration: 1min

6. Foundry setup

Step-by-step guide on installing and operating Foundry, a tool for smart contract development, compatible with Windows, Linux, and MacOS. Duration: 6min

7. Foundry Setup (Windows/WSL)

A comprehensive guide to installing Foundry and configuring Git and Github for Smart Contract Development. This lesson covers the basics of installing the Foundry framework, using Foundry-up, and setting up Git and Github, including configuring your user name and email, generating SSH keys, and adding your public key to Github. Duration: 5min

8. Setup your VSCode

Comprehensive guide on mastering Visual Studio Code and GitHub Copilot for optimizing programming efficiency and project folder organization. Duration: 6min

9. Create a new Foundry project

Step-by-step instructions on creating a new simple storage project using Foundry, including project folder setup, terminal tips, and initial project structure. Duration: 7min

10. Quiz: Simple Storage Intro Quiz

Questions: 5

11. VSCode Solidity setup

Tutorial on formatting Solidity code in Visual Studio Code using various extensions and settings, and tips for automatic code formatting and TOML file formatting. Duration: 4min

12. Compile a smart contract using Foundry

Guide to compiling Solidity smart contracts using Foundry, including steps for using the Foundry console, understanding the 'out' file, and terminal command recall. Duration: 1min

13. Deploy a smart contract locally using Anvil

Guide on deploying smart contracts locally using Foundry's Anvil, including setting up Ganache, using MetaMask for custom networks, and integrating Anvil. Duration: 9min

14. How to add a new network to Metamask

Tutorial on adding new Ganache local chains and EVM compatible chains to MetaMask, including managing private keys and understanding RPC URLs. Duration: 2min

15. Deploy a smart contract locally using Forge

Comprehensive guide on deploying smart contracts locally using Forge in Foundry, detailing command line usage, potential issues, and deployment steps. Duration: 4min

16. Important: private key safety pt.1

In-depth guide on private key safety for blockchain developers, covering best practices, shell history clearing, and secure methods for handling private keys. Duration: 3min

17. Deploy a smart contract locally using Anvil

Tutorial on deploying smart contracts locally using Anvil, focusing on script creation, Solidity contract language, and Foundry cheat codes for deployment. Duration: 10min

18. What is a transaction

Exploration of blockchain transactions, including a detailed overview of transaction components, contract deployment, and data fields in Ethereum. Duration: 6min

19. Important: private key safety pt.2

Guide on private key safety for interacting with deployed contracts, covering command line interfaces, environment file setup, and secure coding practices. Duration: 10min

20. Quiz: Simple Storage Mid Section Recap Quiz

Questions: 6

21. Never Use A Env File

In this lesson we'll finally rid ourselves of risky development practices and learn to employ methods to properly safeguard our private keys. Move past .env variables and never mistakenly compromise yourself again. Duration: 10min

22. Interact with a smart contract using the CLI

Comprehensive guide on interacting with smart contracts using CLI and Foundry's Cast tool, detailing command usage for sending transactions and reading blockchain data. Duration: 4min

23. Deploying a smart contract on testnet (Sepolia)

Step-by-step tutorial on deploying smart contracts to Ethereum's Sepolia testnet using Foundry and Alchemy, including setting up RPC URLs and private keys. Duration: 6min

24. Verify a smart contract on Etherscan

Guide on verifying Ethereum smart contracts on Etherscan, covering manual verification steps and the importance of contract readability and accessibility. Duration: 1min

25. Cleaning Up the Project

Cleaning up the project! Duration: 3min

26. Quiz: Simple storage recap Quiz

Questions: 3

27. Foundry Zksync

A quick guide to installing foundry-zksync. The lesson covers cloning the foundry-zksync repo, running the installation script, and switching back to vanilla foundry. After installing foundry-zksync, the user can check the version and use it to compile Solidity smart contracts for zkSync. Duration: 7min

28. Compiling Foundry Zksync

A comprehensive guide to compiling smart contracts for zkSync using Foundry. This lesson covers the basics of compiling smart contracts for zkSync using Foundry, including the creation of a zkSync output folder, the differences between zkSync and EVM compilation, and how to use Foundry to switch between the two. Duration: 2min

29. Zksync Local Node

A detailed walkthrough of deploying a smart contract to zkSync. The lesson covers installing Docker and Node.js, running a local zkSync test node using Docker, and deploying a smart contract to the test node. Duration: 10min

30. Zksync Local Deploy

A helpful guide to deploying a smart contract to a local zkSync Docker node. This lesson shows how to set up your local zkSync development environment and deploy your smart contract to zkSync. Duration: 3min

31. Tx Types

A detailed introduction to transaction types in the EVM and ZK-Sync ecosystems. The lesson covers the types of transactions used in Ethereum and ZK-Sync, including legacy, access list, chain, and the type 113 transaction type used in ZK-Sync. Duration: 9min

32. Why L2

A quick guide to deploying smart contracts to Ethereum Mainnet and Layer-2 rollups using Foundry. This lesson covers the basic steps for deploying contracts to the Ethereum Mainnet, understanding the cost, and then switching to the layer-2 network zkSync. Duration: 6min

33. Introduction to Alchemy

Introduction to Alchemy, a developer platform for Web3 applications, covering its features, benefits, and steps to create an account and use its services. Duration: 11min

34. Wrap up, congratulations!

Summary and congratulations on completing the Foundry project, highlighting key learnings, tools used, and encouraging continued learning and coding practice. Duration: 3min

Section 2: Foundry Fund Me

Duration: 2h 56min

Section 3: Fund Me Frontend

Duration: 26min

Section 4: Smart Contract Lottery

Duration: 5h 22min