How to become a Blockchain Developer In 2022 a Step By Step Guide — Coin Pocalypse

As many of us already know Blockchain developers are in very high demand these days. Blockchain is the next big thing in the world of technology and innovation. Many people from different paths of life are taking an interest in this field. Even if you are from a person who has no prior knowledge of coding or you are from a non-technical background you can still make it in this field.

Many top companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more are hiring blockchain developers. Because they see that blockchain technology is going to run the world in the very near future. The scope in the blockchain space is very high because it’s still very new and has huge undiscovered potential.

Many people think that blockchain is only used in Cryptocurrencies but it’s actually quite the opposite. Blockchain has can be used in any type of company for example blockchain can be used in hospitals and pharmaceutical companies for keeping patient records safe and for keeping track of research data. It can also be used in logistics companies and for many different types of government projects.

Scope in Blockchain Industry

As of now the demand for Blockchain Developers are very high but there are not a lot of developers. So, the ratio of demand and supply is very uneven in this field. There is a lot of demand but not enough developers in this space. Let me give you an example A traditional Software Developer gets an average salary of about $60K to $100K per annum whereas a blockchain developer gets an average salary of about $120k to $150K per annum. Just by seeing these numbers, you can tell that there is a lot of scope in this area.

And if you are someone who is interested in blockchain but doesn’t want to be a developer. Dont worry in the next blog I will list some of the different fields in blockchain so you can choose according to your skills or area of liking.

Now let’s start with the steps that you can follow to easily become a Blockchain Developer.

The first and the main specialized ability you want to turn into a blockchain developer is knowledge of programming languages.
You first need to choose in which blockchain you need to code.

In my opinion, there are three major parts on the lookout:

Solidity is the programming language to develop smart contracts and dApps in the Ethereum blockchain. It is by far the most famous choice among blockchain developers. The primary reason is the wide usage of the Ethereum blockchain, the smooth learning experience, and a large ecosystem and community.

Rust is another well-known choice. Many projects, for example, Solana or Polkadot utilize Rust as their fundamental programming language. Rust is an advanced programming language with loads of amazing features. But it isn’t as easy to learn as in the case of C and Solidity.

Haskell is the programming language of the Cardano ecosystem. It is a programming language mostly utilized by academic researchers or mathematicians. It is an interesting program for blockchain development, basically as a result of its security features.
Aside from these 3 choices, there are less famous programming languages, for example,

• Michelson (Tezos)
• OCaml (Zilliqa)
• C# (NEO)
• Python (Algorand)
• Scala (Fantom)
• Clearness (Algorand)

IDE (Integrated Development Environment) is a tool that assists you to write, edit, debug, testing, and executing source codes. It is basically an all-in-one environment, helping the developers in having access to the most frequently used features of the programming lifecycle.
There are many single-reason or conventional IDEs on the lookout. Some of them are free to use. For some others, you need to pay.
In smart contracts and blockchain development, every stage and ecosystem has a few suggestions for utilizing local or third-party IDEs. Few examples of IDEs:

• Ethereum: Remix, EthFiddle (Web), Visual Studio Code (Desktop)
• Binance Smart Chain: BSC Studio
• Cardano: Sublime-Haskell
• Solana: SWI (Web), Visual Studio Code (Desktop)
• Fantom: Eclipse F4, Netbeans Fantom IDE
• Tezos: SmartPy, LIGO

The best thing you can do is learn all of these and then use the ones you are most comfortable with.

Wallets are entryways to blockchain applications. They allow you to deal with the records, assets, accounts, and security keys.
During the development cycle of your dApps or smart contracts, you should test different functionalities of your code on various occasions. One of the tools utilized here is wallets. For instance, a wallet permits you to send/receive tokens across test chains.

There are numerous wallet choices on the market. The majority of the developers are using the “Metamask” wallet for the purpose of testing.

Metamask has a straightforward and easy-to-understand interface. Designing and working with Metamask is pretty basic. Besides, Metamask can be installed as an extension on chrome and other browsers. This will permit you to use your browser and wallet together for testing.

One significant factor is that you need to look if the compatibility of the wallet with the blockchain you are working on. If not compatible, typically different blockchains are suggesting a few arrangements towards this. For instance, “Phantom” and “Terra Station” are the recommended and official wallets of Solana and Terra ecosystems respectively.

A fundamental part of dApp/smart contract development is defining different pipelines for debugging, testing and deployment. Tools, for example, IDEs or wallets give exceptional features and choices to the developers here. However, the extent of the features of these tools are restricted. Therefore, you might have to think about utilizing “Libraries and Frameworks.”

“Blockchain Libraries and Frameworks” are typically a bunch of tools suites utilized for:
running test blockchains locally

• define execution pipelines for smart contracts/dApps
• define unit-tests
• define integration tests
• compile and deploy contracts
• inject artifacts to the external platforms (web, etc.)
• communication with web

For instance, in the Ethereum ecosystem system, there are three fundamental libraries/structures:
Ganache: local Ethereum blockchain for Testing Solidity contracts
Truffle: a development tool suite for compiling, testing, and deploying smart contracts in Ethereum blockchain.
web3.js: a collection of libraries that allow you to interact with a local or remote Ethereum node using HTTP, IPC, or WebSocket.
It is worth focusing on that, as different classifications of the tools, you need to check the local or third-party libraries/systems of the blockchain of your choice. For instance, the “Cardano” Ecosystem utilizes the “Plutus” platform
for smart contract development. It is a local tool created by Cardano and is used inside by the Cardano community developers for various purposes.

The last classification of tools each and every blockchain developer should be acquainted with is “Block Explorers.”
“Block Explorers” are the sites through which everybody can see the on-chain activities, for example, the history of transactions and the smart contract details.
You need to know the mechanics behind “Block Explorers” since there will be a few times you want to see details, for example, transactions executions on the blockchain. I know that it is feasible to use local frameworks of blockchains (e.g., ganache) for testing. But at the end of the day, you need to deploy and test your applications on the testnets or mainnets of the different blockchains. Thus, you really want to explore through “Block Explorer” websites.
Here are some examples of explorers for different blockchains:
Ethereum: https://etherscan.io/
Cardano: https://explorer.cardano.org/
Solana: https://explorer.solana.com/
Tezos: https://tzstats.com/
There are a lot of priceless data on such sites. Depending upon which blockchain you use, you need to devote some time to teach yourself about block explorers’ different options and sections.

Conclusion

To conclude all the above information I wanna say that it’s by no means easy to master all of these but if you are determined enough you can easily master these skills within 1 to 2 years. If you don’t have any prior programming experience you have to work a bit harder but if you are determined you can easily conquer the blockchain space. I have seen many people who didn’t know anything about programming and mastered blockchain.

The beauty of the Blockchain world is that it is very new with loads of opportunities. You don’t have to necessarily get a job you can do freelancing, work on your own projects or build your own business.

Originally published at https://coinpocalypse.com on February 21, 2022.