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We no longer host the Pathway pages on this website, the content has moved to the learn-web3-dapp repository at https://github.com/figment-networks/learn-web3-dapp#-get-started.

The workflow for Pathways is easy to follow:

  • Using the learn-web3-dapp code repository, you will be running a local development server (yarn dev)
  • Each Pathway is accessible from the main page displayed when the development server is running
  • Once you begin a Pathway, your completion progress is saved in the local storage of your web browser
  • Each Pathway has a similar goal: To guide you through using various code libraries to work with different parts of the web3 stack
  • Many of the individual steps of a Pathway provide you with coding challenges, so that you can learn by doing
  • You will need to complete the code as explained in the instructions before moving on to the next step
  • All of the coding challenges have solutions which are blurred until you click on them, to prevent you from being stuck
  • Once you have completed a Pathway, you should have a working knowledge of that protocol which will help you tackle larger projects

For less experienced developers or for anybody who wants to dive in without needing to set up a development environment, we recommend using Gitpod to work with the learn-web3-dapp project (this requires you to have a GitHub account to sign in). Gitpod can save you a considerable amount of time, as you don't have to install dependencies or set up any software - everything just works! Gitpod provides you with a fully functional Visual Studio Code editor running in your browser, so you can jump right in. This is what it looks like:

Gitpod UI

If you are an experienced developer, or if you prefer to use a different code editor, cloning the repo locally is still possible, however you might encounter various system configuration issues depending on how your local environment is set up. It will be more difficult to develop on a Windows system than on Linux or MacOS, and there are also some known issues with developing Solana programs on Windows. It is strongly recommended to use the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) if you are running Windows 10.

If you are cloning the repo locally, a minimum of NodeJS version 14.17 is required. Some of the Pathways will require use of the Rust toolchain. If you are developing on Linux, you will want to make sure you have the build-essential package installed, as the cc linker is required for compiling Solana programs.