Learn the basics of the Daml language and how to write smart contracts by going through theIntroduction to Damlsection of the Daml docs. The section will help you understand what templates, choices, parties, and contract signatories
Complement your learning experience withhands-on interactive tutorialsthat guide you through the create, build, run, and modify process for a full-stack Daml application.
In order to understand how to build full-stack applications with Daml as well as where Daml fits in we have createdthe recommended application architecture. Make sure you go over it and understand all of the components involved.
To write an application around a Daml ledger, you’ll need to interact with theLedger APIfrom another language. Every ledger that Daml can run on exposes this same API and theset of services.
Learn how to interact with a Daml ledger using a simpler API -the JSON API. It provides the basic functionalities such as creating contracts, exercising choices, querying the active contract set, and listing all known parties. Make sure you go over theHTTP status codes and error messages.
JavaScript librariesare the recommended way to build a frontend that interacts with Daml. Make sure you understand what each of the libraries offers.
SDK Tooling
Read about Daml’s out-of-the-box SDK tooling: Daml assistant - a command line tool; navigator - frontend that allows you to easily inspect and modify a Daml ledger; and Daml REPL
Refresh your knowledge on Daml scripts by running the interactive tutorial one more time and/or by going over the docs.
Read about the Daml Sandbox, a simple ledger implementation that enables rapid application prototyping by simulating a Daml Ledger
Take a fast-track course covering all the above-mentioned topics and use them hands-on to build an NFTs marketplace with a ReactJS based UI from scratch.
Take a look at our daml cheat sheet to review your daml knowledge
