A Brief Explanation
About a month ago after discovering https://cryptozombies.io I made about post stating that I was going to do a series on learning how to program smart contracts using the Crypto Zombies platform. The very next day as I was beginning the next lesson I thought to myself, "Why the hell am I learning to program Ethereum Smart Contracts when I'm almost completely focused on STEEM right now?" I wouldn't go so far as to say that its completely useless to learn to program solidity smart contracts, but for the direction that I planned to take myself I realized that it might not be the first thing I should focus on. The next day my laptop charger died, and I decided that life wanted me to focus on other things.
Well now seems to be a good time to pick up for I left off, so from this point on I will be documenting my own progress, while posting step by step tutorials so you can follow along for yourself. While it will be assumed that you all have some minor web/software development experience, you do not have to have any to follow along and/or complete the steps yourself.
Roadmap
June 3 - 9, 2018
Introduction
A brief explanation of what this project is and how it came to be.
Javascript
Learn the basics of JavaScript using npm and node.js. No previous programming experience required.
Github
Learn Git and GitHub basics.
June 10 - 30, 2018
Developer Portal
Complete the tutorials located here about programming on top of the STEEM blockchain.
July 1 - 7, 2018
Build Bots
Tools/scripts which automatically interact with Steem Blockchain
Custom Interface
Build a new interface for manually interacting with the STEEM blockchain
July 8 - 14, 2018
More Programming...
Learning the basics of various requirements to complete prior projects
July 15 - 31, 2028
Build Bots
Tools/scripts which automatically interact with Steem Blockchain
Custom Interface
Build a new interface for manually interacting with the STEEM blockchain
Conclusion
Please note that the roadmap is just a guideline, and due to the nature of this project may change at any time. At the beginning of each week on Sunday I will be coming out with a post covering what has been accomplished during the prior week as well as detailing what the goals of the next 6 days are. The end goal of this project is to create the user interface and the bots required to automate various tasks for a project that I wish to start for the STEEM Ecosystem. The end of the project is currently scheduled for August because that is when I am expecting SMT's to come out, and at that point I would like to have things ready for an alpha launch to help with fund raising. One of the thing that I've despised so much about the last round of ICO's is that so many of these projects have had nothing to more than a generic white paper, a road map and some names displayed. I refuse to begin fund raising for my project without at least a working prototype to show investors, and if everything goes as planned an existing community of developers, content creators, and end users as well.