The Web 3.0 landscape consists of a complex set of interconnected tools, applications, and frameworks, all of which enable the connection between the current version of the Web, often referred to as Web 2.0, and the next-generation Web 3.0 infrastructure.
Before choosing a set of tools, it is important to determine the goals of the project. Web 3.0 technologies promise to solve many problems, such as payment, decentralized supply chain applications, and new business models more efficiently than World Wide Web technologies. Setting specific goals helps development teams create a shortlist of the right tools, libraries, and applications.
Experts share the following advice on how to choose Web 3.0 tools for a development project.
Use trends
Abhishek Singhal, managing director at Deloitte Consulting, said several trends are driving Web 3.0 applications that hope to solve real business and consumer problems. They include:
- Metaverse apps can support events, social media, business, marketing and branding.
- Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) can support and monetize the creator economy where individuals sell their creations and services on the web.
- Cross-border payments can be made efficiently.
- Process optimization can use smart contracts to bring efficiency to real estate, financial transactions, and legal processes.
- Fractionalization of distressed assets can bring liquidity and help democratize investments.
- Decentralized verification of credentials can automate the hiring process.
- Low-code and codeless development platforms can hide the complexity of using blockchains and cryptocurrency wallets, two fundamental technologies in Web 3.0.
- Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) can raise funds for startups and other projects.
Identify the top categories
Each Web 3.0 developer is going to build their own way of analyzing the field based on their needs. For example, Thomas Aslanian, Product and Token at Immutable, a Web 3.0 game developer, finds it useful to consider security tools, developer experience tools, data oracles (lines of code that connect data in the real world to agreements on the blockchain), and wallets. Security tools help prevent malicious behavior and hacking of smart contracts. We’ve found that OpenZeppelin, an Aslanian provider of cryptocurrency cybersecurity products and services, has excellent tools and templates for most of a developer’s key security concerns.
Developer experience tools help you get up and running quickly. For example, Alchemy simplifies the smart contract development process.
Data oracles like Chainlink make it easy to access and use in a blockchain decentralized application (blockchain dApp). Aslanian finds that wallets like Argent, ZenGo and Ledger Wallet can help store secure financial information.
Consider the infrastructure
Michael Oudtaker, founder and strategist at Multistakeholder Strategy Development, likes to break the field down into different types of infrastructure. This framework makes it easier for developers to create dApps that are not controlled by any central entity, Oudakker said. Different types of decentralized infrastructure include:
- storage devices including Interplanetary File System (IPFS) and Filecoin;
- Compute platforms including Ethereum and Solana;
- Identity tools like Serto, Veramo and Sidetree;
- Exchange tools for trading assets such as Uniswap and Sushi; And
- Decentralized financial (DeFi) tools support a variety of financial transaction models for lending, borrowing and payments.
Start with the app
When developers create a Web 3.0 application, the tools and technology stack generally depends on what type of application is being built, Singhal said. He breaks down the developer ecosystem into the following types of tools to consider:
- Layer 1 blockchains provide the base network and include Ethereum, Solana, Cosmos, Polkadot, Avalanche and Tezos.
- Layer 2 blockchains, or sidechains, extend blockchains into a variety of use cases and include Polygon, ZKSync, and more.
- Development tools and environments help write and test apps and include Hardhat, Truffle, Remix, and Foundry.
- File storage tools include IPFS, Arweave, and Filecoin.
- Wallets include MetaMask and Binance Smart Wallet.
- Identity tools help connect decentralized apps to mobile wallets and include WalletConnect, Ceramic Self.ID and Solana Wallet Adapter.
- Client libraries help to interact with the blockchain and include web3.js, ethers.js and Web3Modal.
- Smart contract optimization tools include Solidity and OpenZeppelin.
- Remote procedure call communication helps create effective application networks and includes tools like Infura.
- Blockchain indexing tools like The Graph can help find data across much broader decentralized networks.
Popular blockchain tools
Here are 10 of the most popular Web 3.0 tools and how they fit into dApp development workflows.
1. Alchemy
Alchemy is a web 3.0 development platform for connecting dApps to blockchain. It includes integration for NFTs, DeFi, wallets, games and web 2.0 and web 3.0 applications. It provides a complete developer platform that supports infrastructure, products and debugging.
2. Casper
Casper is a modern contracting platform that supports popular Web 2.0 languages such as Rust and WebAssembly. It includes tools for updating smart contracts with bug fixes as well as new features and functionality. It focuses on enterprise use cases to help adopt software development best practices such as continuous integration and deployment for blockchain applications.
3. Chainlink
Chainlink helps developers implement decentralized blockchain applications on the Ethereum platform. This ability helps facilitate data exchange with smart contracts running on the Ethereum blockchain. Key features include support for trusted hack-proof networks, connectivity through common APIs, and support for pre-built oracles for various use cases.
4. Chain
Chainstack provides a complete set of tools for building, running, and scaling blockchain applications. It supports all the most popular blockchains and sidechains. It also includes various primitives for creating NFTs and deploying dApps that use decentralized blockchain storage platforms such as IPFS. Network management and operations tools help scale blockchain infrastructure for large deployments.
5. Eternal
Eternal is an open source blockchain browser that helps to automatically synchronize applications with smart contracts running on various blockchain platforms. Contract integration capabilities allow developers to write code that interacts with smart contracts. In addition, Eternal provides a number of tools for tooling smart contract code to monitor transaction tracking and model variables used in dApps. It can also be integrated with other popular tools like Hardhat.
6. Etherspot
Etherspot is a multi-chain smart wallet platform that helps reduce the number of steps required for Web 3.0 transactions, improving the user experience. It also supports various tools for connecting web 2.0 applications to blockchain networks. Account abstraction is a significant feature, allowing users to perform multiple blockchain transactions with a single click.
7. Fleur
Fluree is an open source blockchain database to help developers integrate legacy data applications into blockchain. It supports graph database, analytics and master data management on dApps.
8. Hardhat
Hardhat is an Ethereum development environment with various tools to manage and automate repetitive tasks. It allows developers to run Solidity locally and test and debug Solidity code on their laptops before deploying to live dApps. Hardhat supports features to perform stack traces and generate clear error messages when problems occur.
9. Open Zeppelin
OpenZeppelin provides a variety of tools to help developers build, automate, and run dApps. OpenZeppelin Contracts is a modular smart contract library that supports industry best practices, while OpenZeppelin Defender provides a secure operational platform for smart contracts.
10. Persistence
Solidity is a popular language for implementing smart contracts.. It allows developers to create programs that Run Ethereum Virtual Machine, a runtime environment for executing applications on the Ethereum blockchain. Solidity also supports the Hyperledger Fabric blockchain. Developers often use some of the other tools on this list, such as Alchemy, OpenZeppelin, and Hardhat, to create and debug Solidity applications.
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