cusma / algorand-school

Let's learn Algorand!

Algorand School

Algorand School is an open slide deck I've built over time during my talks on Algorand's blockchain with the help of Algorand colleagues.

The goal of the deck is providing a step-by-step introduction to Algorand's technology, ecosystem and tools, in order to lower the learning curve difficulty and speed up the learning process.

Main topics of the Algorand School:

• 🕸 Understanding Algorand Consensus and Algorand Networks
• 🛠 Familiarizing with the Algorand Nodes and Dev Tools
• 🤝 Shedding light on Algorand's features (Account, Transactions, ASAs, etc.)
• 🤖 Clarifying how to develop dApps on the Algorand Virtual Machine

Contents

1. Blockchain as an infrastructure
2. Analog properties for Digital things
3. Algorand Consensus
4. Algorand Sustainability
5. Algorand Networks
6. Algorand Interoperability
7. Algorand Transactions
8. Algorand Accounts
9. Algorand Standard Assets
10. Algorand Virtual Machine
11. Algorand Smart Contracts on Layer-1
12. Smart Signatures & Smart Contracts
13. TEAL
14. PyTEAL (credits to @jasonpaulos and @matteojug)
15. Algorand ABI (credits to @deanstef)
16. Beaker (credits to @iskysun96)

Note

Almost all the contents presented in the Algorand School derive directly from the Algorand Developer Portal, which remains the first and most important source of information about Algorand.

Versions

• 🇺🇸 English
• 🇮🇹 Italian (slides transaltion wip, community contribution apprecciated...)
• 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portugues (slides translation wip, community contribution apprecciated...)

Videos

• 🇺🇸 Algorand Efficiency - Understanding Algorand's working principles and its efficiency (with @cusma).
• 🇺🇸 Introduction to AVM and Smart Contracts - Introduction to the Algorand Virtual Machine architecture and Algorand Smart Contracts (aka Applications) (with @cusma).
• 🇺🇸 Introduction to PyTeal - Introduction to PyTeal, a Python framework to develop Smart Contract on Algorand (with @matteojug).
• 🇺🇸 PyTeal ABI Smart Contracts - Using PyTeal to develop ABI-compliant Smart Contracts on Algorand. Final live coding section (with @_deanste).
• 🇺🇸 Beaker - Framework for Algorand Smart Contract development, client and testing based on PyTeal. Live coding session (with @HGKimChris).
• 🇧🇷 Introdução a AVM, nodes e Smart Contracts em PyTeal - Introdução à tecnologia Algorand, redes e nós Algorand, ferramentas de desenvolvimento e a Máquina Virtual Alagorand. Sessão final de live-coding de Smart Contracts em PyTeal (com @cusma).

Contibuting with translations (PR)

Would you like to contribute to the Algorand's educational cause? Help me with the translation!

Just follow the translations guidelines:

1. Fork this repo
2. Copy and rename algorand-school-english.txt into algorand-school-<language>.txt
3. Add your translations for each text fields, in addition to the English one
4. Do not translate acronyms and abbreviations (e.g. AVM, VRF, etc.)
5. Do not translate code sections
6. Always start a translated text field with #
7. Do not skip slides while translating
8. Submit a PR

Example of editing algorand-school-italian.txt:

What is a blockchain?
# Cos'è una blockchain?
5
A blockchain is a public ledger of transactional data, distributed across a system of multiple nodes in a network.
# Una blockchain è un registro pubblico di dati transazionali, distribuito su un sistema di molteplici nodi in una rete.

I will review the translation, merge it into presentation's source file and publish the PDF once the translation is finalized.

All the translators will be included into the Credits slide.

Errata corrige (Issue)

Did you catch and error, a typo or any type of misinformation? Please open an Issue indicating:

1. 🎲 The slide number
2. 😓 The error
3. 💡 A suggestion for a correction

All the contributors will be included into the Credits slide.

Credits to community

Thanks to everyone who forked or starred the repository! Let's learn Algorand together! 📚

algorand-school's Issues

Add slide with credits

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Having an easy way to credit the present repository and the authors of the slides/images.

Describe the solution you'd like
A final slide crediting all the contributors and maybe the licenses.

Remove slide numbering

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Presenting a subset of the course or reordering the slides makes the numbering inconsistent.

Describe the solution you'd like
Would be nice to remove the numbers from the bottom right corner of the slide.