My name is Isa am from Nigeria and working as a web developer for years and smart contract develope.
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Hi @hassadem,
Welcome to the community 
How did you get into smart contract development?
I am from Melbourne Australia, in my previous job I was the software lead and as part of my role got to be involved in the start of a blockchain gaming project, so was lucky to join the space in 2017.
hi
is due to my interest in coding although i am a full stack web developer acquainted with javascript but my curiosity to be part of crypto space lead me to smart contract coding am still newbie in the field hope to be expert gradually as am learning further. i wish you could direct me to a well detailed recourse to let me learn more from scratch.
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Hi @hassadem,
As you are a full stack dev, you could try @spalladino’s book: Ethereum for Web Developers Book & Devcon challenge
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Hello everyone My name is Daniel,
I’m from Adelaide (Australia) and I’ve been working on establishing myself and my company’s within the crypto sphere for roughly one year now:
I’m here to learn Yearn & prosper as a trusted and appreciated (KP3R)
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Hi Daniel (@YLLION.MICROFINANCE)
Welcome to the community
I’m from Melbourne 
so we are neighbors.
Are you involved in the Ethereum community in Adelaide? Unfortunately Melbourne has spent a lot of 2020 in lockdown. 
Are you using OpenZeppelin Defender to run a Keeper?
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Homepage:
Summary of my work:
I am raising 
to buy the island: https://basexisland.com/
- Research centre.
- Innovation hub.
- Impact investment.
I'm here because Open Zeppelin is a great standard / platform / framework / library and the community is simply the best 
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Hi @marsxr,
Welcome to the community forum
Thanks for sharing your projects that you are working on.
Hello all 
. You can call me Baba. I am from New York. I have no background in solidity or dev experience. I believe I have some good theories for the development of an ERC20 token and yield farming project that I would like to attempt to build and apply myself. Coding is an unknown language to me, although I do have a background in Applied Mathematics, and Economics. I found openzeppelin randomly google searching.
I am looking for proper guidance, a network, and a community!
The only current resource I know of is cryptozombies, which I have not tested the waters as of yet. Are there any other coding languages that would be to my benefit to learn?
As time progresses, once I have a better understanding of solidity, I know there are a lot of questions I will end up having in regards to what rules can be coded into smart contracts (although through observation I feel I already am aware of many already, I just can’t code them 
)
I have been a massive crypto enthusiast for many years, and have dedicated a lot of time understanding other projects, price charts, and transactions on etherscan.
Happy to be here 
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Hi @OgBabaYaga,
Welcome to the community Baba 
.
Applied Mathematics and Economics is a great background for DeFi!
I recommend starting with the Learn guides: https://docs.openzeppelin.com/learn/ (which cover both Truffle and Hardhat).
You could follow that up with:
- Create an ERC20 using Remix, without writing Solidity
- Create an ERC20 using Truffle, without writing Solidity
For security, playing Ethernaut (https://ethernaut.openzeppelin.com/) and reading smart contract audits (https://blog.openzeppelin.com/security-audits/).
I haven't checked on CryptoZombies for a while. It walks you through creating a non-fungible token (think CryptoKitties), and worth having a look through the first section of levels.
As well as Solidity for smart contracts, you will need some JavaScript, as the very least to write tests and potentially if you need to create a front end for your solution. (or work with a front end developer)
There is also a list of Solidity learning resources created by the community, feel free to add/update any that you come across.
Finally, any time someone has plans for a fungible token I suggest looking at: Points to consider when creating a fungible token (ERC20, ERC777)
@abcoathup Thank you for the detailed response. From your experience, would you recommend learning JavaScript basics first, or reviewing the OpenZeppelin learning tools? Or would you say it does not matter?
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Hi @OgBabaYaga,
I would try diving in. Try going through the Learn guides, then deploy simple ERC20 tokens to public testnets as a start.
When you get stuck, ask questions and see if you can overcome the hurdles. Setting up the environment, and JavaScript tests could be the first hurdles.
For speed for developing a solution you may want to look for a developer (partner or a contractor), though it is good to have some experience doing the basics yourself.
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Greetings Kind sir @abcoathup
Thank you for the warm welcome.
It’s amazing to learn that you are a fellow Australian.
To answer your question I have not as yet co joined with any specific community involved with Ethereum as of yet.
I would be very interested in doing so have the opportunity a rise %100
And as for operating Defender as a Keeper, This is my intention yes. 
Perhaps you could assist me somewhat in reaching my goal?
I must be honest with you and admit whilst learning & clicking around a couple of weeks back < I managed to Bond, Or outright Send various of my assets to a Keep3r related address.
I am not %100 sure exactly what i have done but to have some clarity on this topic would be greatly help full. 
So i have stocked up my Data Plan registered with “Open Zeppelan”
Saved some pennies for some Gas Fees & I’m back to try get this operation underway.
P.S I wish you well in Melbourne there & Hopefully Soon our borders will be open for us all once again.
Kind Regards Friend
Daniel
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Hi Daniel @YLLION.MICROFINANCE,
I believe there was an Ethereum community in Adelaide. You could try: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Adelaide-Blockchain/
Sydney has a strong community and an active Telegram group: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/BokkyPooBahs-Ethereum-Workshop/
Melbourne had the weekly hack and has an active Discord: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Web3-Melbourne
You can use OpenZeppelin Defender with Keeper: https://docs.openzeppelin.com/defender/guide-keep3r
If you have any questions about Defender you can ask in #support:defender
I saw that Adelaide has a Covid cluster. Stay safe.
Hi
I’m Samuel Chong, from México.
I was backend developer, now i’m tester, but i want to be a solidity developer.
I want to be a better me, i want to help my family.
I want to make a game, but it’s so difficult for me understand that contracts can’t be upgrated, i’m making some tutorials of upgrades here.
Thanks to all 
to exist.
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Hello everybody,
My name is Kyrill. I am currently doing a full-time job in germany as a developer with focus on NodeJS.
I got my attention on openzeppeling, just as many other from this forum, by my interest in solidity and then doing the cryptozombies tutorial by Loom. One day i hope for being able to get a full-time job in blockchain development!
Thank you for the warm welcome!
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Hi @SrChong,
Welcome to the community
I suggest looking through: Solidity learning resources
A good place to start with Upgradeable contracts is Learn guides: Upgrading smart contracts.
Then OpenZeppelin Upgrades: Step by Step Tutorial for Truffle or OpenZeppelin Upgrades: Step by Step Tutorial for Hardhat.
I also recommend reading: The State of Smart Contract Upgrades
For gaming I suggest looking at:
Hi @Krylli96,
Welcome to the community
I suggest looking through: Solidity learning resources, and working through as many #general:guides-and-tutorials as you can.
Feel free to ask all the questions that you need.
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Hello, I am Zak, a smart contract developer & part of the LibertyPie Team. We are building a 100% non-custodial, Permissionless and autonomous P2P & DeFi protocol for EVM based blockchains. OpenZeppelin has been an essential part of our code, We found OpenZeppelin whiles searching for a good & matured solidity library. I am glad to be part of this awesome group.
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