Toward an RChain SDK / Curriculum

[dckc]

• [x] engaging start page https://rchain.coop/hackathon

  • [x] https://github.com/rchain/www.rchain.coop/pull/9
  • medium / long term goal: replace https://developer.rchain.coop/
  • earlier idea: https://rholang.github.io/

• [x] RChain Architecture Talks

  • [x] What Sets RChain Apart form Ethereum and Others Greg Meredith May 2020
  • [x] RChain VM - Greg Meredith & VM Developer Team - May 2018
  • [x] Get Started with Rholang Smart Contracts by Mike Stay and Kent Shikama - May 2018
    • [x] embed w/keyframe image, not just a link https://github.com/rchain/www.rchain.coop/pull/15

• [x] swagger / openAPI interactive docs: RNode API

  • [x] https://github.com/rchain/rchain/tree/dev/docs/rnode-api has rnode-openapi.json
  • [x] interactive form: add to developer.rchain.coop: https://github.com/rchain/developer.rchain.coop/pull/3
    • add to https://rholang.github.io/ ?

• [x] rholang playground zero-install web site: Rholang Playground

  • a la https://play.rust-lang.org/
  • [x] initial sketch; ugly, but sufficiently useful that I used it quite a bit: https://try-rholang-22.netlify.app/
  • [x] mix with developer.rchain.coop: https://github.com/rchain/developer.rchain.coop/pull/4
  • mix with https://tgrospic.github.io/rnode-client-js/?
  • mix with : https://rholang.github.io/ ?

• [x] vs-code extension

• [ ] getting started: hello world dApp #7

• [x] local node: rchain-docker-shard

  • I presume this works, but I haven't tested it lately
  • There's some overlap with the docker-compose.yml file in https://github.com/tgrospic/rnode-client-js . Should it be a dependency? Maybe not worthwhile...

nearby topics... not in my focus currently:

• [ ] contributing to rnode
  • refer to build docs
  • refer to "guide to running a node"
• [ ] building a wallet
  • skeleton: https://tgrospic.github.io/rnode-client-js/
  • open source wallets...
• [ ] "yellow paper"
  • rchain-api docs have references to relevant bits of scala code etc.

out of scope; to be documented elsewhere:

Wallet user docs

• How do I check my REV balance? is in the FAQ on REV Issuance
• sending / receiving REV

Validator operator docs

• running a validator
  • refer to "guide to running a node"
  • find / link economics docs

Background

I'm starting to see how to turn much of this into edits / PRs on https://github.com/rchain/www.rchain.coop/blob/master/hackathon.html

it started as a hackathon kanban board https://github.com/orgs/rchain-community/projects/1

[dckc]

https://github.com/rchain/www.rchain.coop/pull/9 is a start at integrating this SDK / curriculum idea into the hackathon page.

[dckc]

I went over this with @9rb. Now that Ian merged rholang-playground and rnode-api , it feels mostly done.

For follow up in remaining work, see #7 , https://github.com/rchain/www.rchain.coop/pull/15 etc. and https://github.com/orgs/rchain-community/projects/1