32 Beginner resources to learn Web3
32 resources
CryptoZombies
CryptoZombies · Beginner · Tutorials
An interactive coding game that teaches Solidity by having you build a zombie-themed game contract step by step.
Ethereum Developer Docs
ethereum.org · Beginner · Articles
The Ethereum Foundation's own reference for how accounts, transactions, gas, and the EVM fit together.
What is Web3?
ethereum.org · Beginner · Articles
The Ethereum Foundation's plain-language explainer of what the term web3 is actually pointing at.
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)
ethereum.org · Beginner · Articles
How NFTs work on Ethereum, the standards behind them, and where they show up outside of collectibles.
Decentralized Autonomous Organisations (DAOs)
ethereum.org · Beginner · Articles
What a DAO actually is on-chain, how proposals and voting work, and the tooling teams run them with.
Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
ethereum.org · Beginner · Articles
A tour of lending, exchanges, and yield products built on Ethereum without a central intermediary.
Decentralized Applications (dapps)
ethereum.org · Beginner · Articles
What separates a dapp from a normal web app, and the front-end plus on-chain pieces that make one up.
Solidity by Example
solidity-by-example.org · Beginner · Tutorials
Short, runnable Solidity snippets organised by pattern, from a basic contract to reentrancy guards.
Remix IDE Documentation
Remix · Beginner · Articles
How to write, compile, and deploy a Solidity contract from the browser with no local toolchain to install.
Solana Documentation
Solana · Beginner · Articles
Solana's own docs covering accounts, the runtime, and how to write and deploy your first on-chain program.
The Rust Programming Language
Rust · Beginner · Books
The official Rust book, and still the most common on-ramp into the language behind Solana and other chains.
Next.js Documentation
Next.js · Beginner · Articles
Vercel's official Next.js docs, the React framework most modern dapp front ends are shipped with.
react.dev
React · Beginner · Articles
The React team's own guide to components, state, and hooks - the base most dapp UIs are built from.
The TypeScript Handbook
TypeScript · Beginner · Articles
Microsoft's official TypeScript handbook, covering the type system most Web3 front-end and tooling code uses.
Node.js Documentation
Node.js · Beginner · Articles
Official Node.js docs for the runtime behind most indexers, bots, and backend services around a chain.
CSS on MDN
MDN Web Docs · Beginner · Articles
Mozilla's reference for the styling language behind every dapp front end, kept current with browser support notes.
The Python Tutorial
Python · Beginner · Articles
The official Python docs' own tutorial, a common starting point before scripting against a chain with web3.py.
The Java Tutorials
Oracle · Beginner · Articles
Oracle's own Java tutorials, still the reference point for the JVM tooling used in some enterprise chain integrations.
PHP Manual
PHP · Beginner · Articles
The official PHP language reference, still relevant for backend and admin tooling around some crypto platforms.
Ruby Documentation
ruby-lang.org · Beginner · Articles
The Ruby project's own documentation hub, covering the language used in some Web3 backend tooling.
SQLBolt
SQLBolt · Beginner · Tutorials
A free, interactive set of SQL lessons useful for querying indexed on-chain and backend job data.
Getting Started with Clojure
Clojure · Beginner · Articles
The Clojure project's own setup and language guide, for the Lisp occasionally used in chain tooling.
CS50: Introduction to Computer Science
Harvard CS50 · Beginner · Courses
Harvard's free introductory computer science course covering the data structures and algorithms fundamentals.
Prompt Engineering Guide
promptingguide.ai · Beginner · Articles
A structured, actively maintained guide to prompting techniques for large language models.
DeepLearning.AI Short Courses
DeepLearning.AI · Beginner · Courses
Andrew Ng's DeepLearning.AI publishes free, short, hands-on courses on modern AI and machine-learning tooling.
Cryptocurrency Explained
Investopedia · Beginner · Articles
Investopedia's plain-language hub for how cryptocurrency fits into traditional finance concepts.
CoinDesk
CoinDesk · Beginner · News
A long-running crypto news outlet, useful for a fast daily pass rather than as a study plan.
freeCodeCamp.org (YouTube)
freeCodeCamp · Beginner · Videos
freeCodeCamp's YouTube channel publishes long, free full-course videos, including blockchain and Solidity walkthroughs.
Whiteboard Crypto (YouTube)
Whiteboard Crypto · Beginner · Videos
Whiteboard-style explainer videos that walk through blockchain and crypto concepts from first principles.
freeCodeCamp
freeCodeCamp · Beginner · Courses
A free, project-based curriculum covering web development and programming fundamentals from zero.
LearnWeb3
LearnWeb3 · Beginner · Courses
A free, community-run Web3 curriculum covering blockchain fundamentals, DeFi, and NFTs in short guided courses.
Alchemy University
Alchemy · Beginner · Courses
Free, project-based Web3 courses run by Alchemy, covering Ethereum development from first principles.