Quick Start 1: Getting Started with the Neo Blockchain Toolkit#
Notes:#
The .NET SDK can be downloaded from:
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download
Visual Studio Code can be downloaded from:
https://code.visualstudio.com/
This is the URL to the official Neo Blockchain Toolkit extension for Visual Studio Code:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ngd-seattle.neo-blockchain-toolkit
Platform specific errata:
MacOS: Running Neo Express on MacOS requires installing rocksdb via Homebrew:
$ brew install rocksdb
Linux: Running Neo Express on Linux requires installing libsnappy and libc6. For example, on systems using the apt package manager:
$ sudo apt install libsnappy-dev libc6-dev -y
Commands used in this video:
Checking for .NET SDK installation:
$ dotnet --version
(Check for a value greater than 5.)
Quick Start 2: Working with the Private Net#
Quick Start 3: Working with Wallets and Assets#
Quick Start 4: Building your first Smart Contract#
Notes:#
This is the URL to the official C# extension for Visual Studio Code:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-dotnettools.csharp
Commands used in this video:
Installing the Neo C# compiler:
$ dotnet tool install -g neo.compiler.csharp --version 3.0.0-rc2
(Please note that the tool name has changed since the video was recorded. ALso note that the --version parameter
Quick Start 5: Debugging your Smart Contract#
Notes:#
The launch.json schema for debugging Neo Smart Contracts is documented here:
https://github.com/neo-project/neo-debugger/blob/master/docs/debug-config-reference.md