“Dapper” Devs Unite
Sounds like a barber shop quartet, but these guys are making something far more interesting than harmonious melodies. Blockchain development has grown exponentially over recent years. While no one seems to have missed the enormous amounts of opportunity crypto holds, the demand seems to be outpacing the supply of experienced Devs needed to keep up.
Enter DApperNetwork, “a global community of early tech adopters building
next generation decentralized apps with blockchain technology”. Founder Eric Chung, adjunct faculty at the University of Southern California and co-founder at Los Angeles Blockchain Lab, is bringing the Dev community together with events, hack nights, and even panel discussions with industry experts discussing hot topics and trends in blockchain. These panel nights feature a Q&A session where panelists are quizzed by community members, leading to insightful discussions and an imparting of knowledge that would otherwise be tedious to acquire.
The most intriguing service the DApper Network provides is the Developer Bootcamps. These weekend training camps teach participants with at least one year of programming experience how to build an Ethereum app. Training covers the ins and outs of the Ethereum blockchain, solidity code, and simple smart contracts. Led by the DApper Network’s awesome team of mentors, participants also learn how to utilize Truffle and Web3.js to build their own decentralized apps. Participants learn about use cases from the mentors before working on their own smart contract projects. But the best part about these bootcamps may be that they are mobile! Community members can request a boot camp in their city or attend one nearby. You’d expect such valuable training to be costly but with tuition set at less than $400 this may be the smartest investment in your development education you can make.
The shortage of devs in blockchain is an issue many have noticed, in fact blockchain solutions are already in the works to address this concern. NULS for example has built a modular blockchain to assist devs new and old in their DApps projects; simplifying the process while providing users the opportunity to customize their subchain to meet their solution needs. With the DApper Network, Eric and his experienced team of mentors are doing their part to educate and assist new devs in building the future of blockchain.
Eric Chung is teaching blockchain at USC Fall 2018.
Join the DApper Network family here → http://www.thedappernetwork.com/ and see just how beneficial a global community can be to your continued growth and education within this ever-changing industry.
