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Level 1: Space cadet

Beginner
Tutorial

  • 1.1 Exploring a live demo: Before you begin developing your own dapps, let's explore a live, deployed cube that utilizes the Motoko playground through the dfx deploy --playground command. This module covers:

    • Overview of Motoko Playground.
    • An overview of the dfx deploy --playground command.
    • Deploying a cube to Motoko Playground using dfx.
    • Interacting with the cube via the CLI.
    • Interacting with the cube via the Candid interface.

  • 1.2 Motoko level 1: To develop your own dapp, you first need to cover the fundamentals of writing Motoko code. This module covers:

    • Basic concepts and terms.
    • Motoko syntax.
    • Using the base library.
    • Declarations and expressions.
    • Defining an actor.
    • Values and evaluation:
      • Primitive values.
      • Non-primitive values.
    • Printing values.
    • Passing text arguments.

  • 1.3 Developing your first dapp: Now you're ready to develop your first dapp on the BigFile! This module covers:

    • Creating a new project.
    • Reviewing the project's file structure.
    • Writing the backend cube code.
      • Creating an actor.
      • Defining the getQuestion method.
      • Query calls vs. update calls.
      • Creating a data structure to store the data.
      • Importing additional dependencies.
      • Declaring the votes variable.
      • Declaring the getVotes method.
      • Declaring the votes method.
      • Declaring the resetVotes method.
      • Final code.
    • Deploying the dapp locally.
    • Adding pre-developed frontend code.
    • Re-deploying the dapp.

  • 1.4 Acquiring and using cycles: To deploy dapps on the mainnet, you'll need to acquire cycles. This module covers:

    • Overview of cycles.
    • Creating a developer identity.
    • Acquiring cycles using a cycles coupon.
    • Converting BIG tokens to cycles.

  • 1.5 Deploying cubes: Once you have acquired some cycles, you can deploy our dapp to the mainnet. This module covers:

    • Deploying to the mainnet.

  • 1.6 Managing cubes: Once your dapp is deployed on the mainnet, you need to learn how you can manage the cube. This module covers:

    • Obtaining a cube's ID.
    • Obtaining cube information.
    • Adding an identity as a controller of a cube.
    • Managing the running state of a cube.
    • Checking the cycles balance of a cube.
    • Topping up a cube.
    • Getting cycles back from a cube.
    • Setting the cube's freezing threshold.
    • Deleting a cube.