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Plutus resources

This section aims to provide a simple way for users to find links to information and essential resources related to Plutus. This includes Plutus repositories, talks, documentation, community resources, training materials, example projects, and references to the Plutus Pioneer Program.

Plutus developer resources​

Plutus Core​

Plutus Core is the scripting language embedded in the Cardano ledger. It forms the basis of the Plutus Platform – an application development platform for developing decentralized applications (DApps) on the Cardano blockchain.

Developer resources:

  • Plutus Core GitHub repository: includes the implementation, specification, and mechanized metatheory of Plutus Core as well as Plutus Tx – the compiler from Haskell to Plutus Core.

Associated links:

Plutus Tools​

Plutus Tools is a collection of off-chain infrastructure resources built for external developers. The Plutus Tools SDK repository supports the necessary underlying resources for writing applications using Plutus in Haskell.

Plutus Tools also provide libraries for working with the Plutus Application Framework (PAF) – the off-chain part of the Plutus Platform that enables DApp development and interaction with smart contracts.

Developer resources:

  • Plutus Tools GitHub repository: includes libraries that implement the PAF, a selection of end-to-end use cases written with the PAF, and details about Plutus Playground.

Associated links:

Official Haskell language server implementation​

Haskell language server implementation is an implementation of a server for the Language Server Protocol (LSP). A language server talks to a client, who can ask the server to perform various operations, such as reporting errors or providing code completions.

Developer resources:

Haskell course​

Plutus Core, Cardano’s scripting language, is written in Haskell. To use Plutus, it is essential to know the basics of Haskell. To help with the onboarding journey, IOG's education team created the Haskell course for beginners. You can find the repository with explainers, links to lectures, and more below.

Cardano node API documentation​

Developer resources:

Plutus user documentation​

This section includes references to Plutus user documentation such as explanations, tutorials, how-to guides, etc.

Documentation:

Plutus Pioneer Program​

Plutus Pioneer community notes:

Plutus community resources​

This section provides links to Plutus community resources.

If you are a community member engaged with Plutus development, please raise a pull request to add more relevant links and information.

Discussions & support:

Plutus tooling​

There are different tools that developers can use to evaluate and deploy smart contracts on Cardano:

Environment setup​

Windows Subsystem for Linux

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Video content for developers​

Blog posts about Plutus on IOHK blog​

Please note that the blog posts are presented starting with the most recent ones: