Top 5 Tricks for Smart Contract Productivity
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Five concrete productivity moves: adopt a smart contract framework like Hardhat Truffle Brownie to get source control and built‑in testing, run unit tests early and often to catch bugs and speed audits, use a local dev chain or virtual node such as Ganache or Hardhat node to iterate without waiting for blocks, import battle‑tested contracts (OpenZeppelin) and oracle packages (Chainlink) instead of rewriting, and file questions on Stack Exchange or Discord to resolve blockers faster and ship with fewer regressions.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:13Smart Contract Engineering Productivity
- 1:38Smart Contract Development Framework
- 5:46Write Tests Early and often!
- 6:43Getting that audit
- 8:11Sleep Easier!
- 8:31And you'll find bugs
- 9:09Use a development chain /virtual node
- 10:24A note on "Test in Prod"
- 11:18Use proven external contracts
- 12:54Engage in Q&A
- 16:15Bonus!
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