Intro
Welcome to NEAR!
If you're new to NEAR, we recommend starting with the mini course.
The interactive course with quizzes will guide you through everything you need to know to use NEAR.
If you have questions about anything related to NEAR, you're always welcome to ask our community on StackOverflow and Discord (NEAR Discord and NEAR University Discord).
Before getting started, be sure to create your NEAR account here.
Table of Contents
- Getting Started
- React App Quickstart - The fastest way to start a NEAR React app
- React Tutorial - Step-by-step instructions showing how to build a sample app
- Quick Reference
- Cheatsheet - Helpful near-cli commands
- Cookbook - Useful React snippets
- Useful Links - The best resources for NEAR documentation
- Theory
- Application Architecture - How a frontend connects to a smart contract
- Protocol
- Accounts - How accounts work on NEAR
- Access Keys - How keys provide different levels of access
- Storage - How to store data on the blockchain
- Smart Contracts
- Shards - NEAR's strategy for scaling the protocol
- Comparisons To Other Blockchains
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