Algorand Developer Portal

Getting Started with Assets

Creating an asset is simply a type of transaction on Algorand. There is no contract code required. Here are five ways to get started developing with Algorand Standard Assets.

Liz Baran Algorand

Introducing Algorand’s V2 Indexer

Introducing the new Algorand Indexer - a fast and efficient way to search for transactions, accounts, assets, and blocks on the Algorand blockchain.

Jason Weathersby Algorand

Algorand V2 SDK Asset and Atomic Transfer Examples

New Algorand SDK V2 examples for Assets and Atomic Transfers

Russell Fustino Algorand

Leased Transactions: Securing Advanced Smart Contract Design

Certain smart contracts can benefit from defining a Lease parameter, which can provide security for exclusive transaction execution, mitigate fee variability, and enable long-running smart contracts. Learn when and how to use Leases in this article.

Ryan R. Fox Algorand

Stateful Smart Contracts, Rekeying, and Fast Catchup

Stateful Smart Contracts, Rekeying, and Fast Catchup are brand new features that are now available to try on BetaNet. Learn more about what these features are and how to get started.

Liz Baran Algorand

SDK Updates: Deploying Stateful Smart Contracts

Guided tour of SDK documentation focusing on stateful smart contract application development. Links to resources covering the basics thru building complete solutions.

Ryan R. Fox Algorand

Introducing Sandbox 2.0

Algorand Sandbox 2.0 is focused on developers and now deploys a containerized private network with an indexer by default. All APIs are exposed to localhost; sending and searching for transaction has never been easier.

Will Winder Algorand

Making Development Easier with Algorand IDE Playground

The RockX IDE Playground for Algorand allows developers to try out many protocol features within a Web IDE.

Tony Chew RockX

Intro to Algorand Studio & Algorand VS Code Extension

This article introduces two developer tools by Obsidian Labs. The first is their Algorand Studio project and the second is their VS Code Extension. Both tools are used to work with Algorand and make building and testing transactions and smart contracts easier. Additionally, both can be used to run an Algorand node.

Phil Li Obsidian Labs

Using Assets and Smart Contracts in Real Estate

Blockchain enables disruptive innovation within the real estate industry. This tutorial series explains the basics and creates an NFT to represent a property.

Vincenzo Alaia Domain

Introducing AlertHub to Monitor Your Algorand Accounts

AlertHub allows developers to enable monitoring and real-time alerting on Algorand accounts.

Sooin Yoon Metrika

Making Development Easier with AlgoDEA IntelliJ Plugin

AlgoDEA IntelliJ plugin provides end to end development life-cycle on Algorand blockchain using IntelliJ IDE. Using this plugin, developers can create and test both stateless and stateful smart contracts directly from their IntelliJ IDE. Some of the other key features supported by this plugin are editor support for TEAL & PyTeal files, ASA management, Atomic Transfers, Test account management. The goal of this plugin is to increase developer productivity by simplifying various interactions with Algorand blockchain. Due to simple consistent development workflow in the IDE, developers can iterate faster during development stage.

Satya Ranjan Developer

Introducing the Algorand Metrics Dashboard

Explore the Algorand Metrics site which measures the current scale, speed, decentralization, and adoption of the open source Algorand protocol.

Chai Hoang Algorand

Integrate AlgoSigner Components Into Your DApp Using React

React is one of the most popular JavaScript frontend libraries available. Quickly add AlgoSigner components to interface users with your DApp.

Ryan R. Fox Algorand

Algo Builder v0.5 Released

We are pleased to announce the new Algo Builder release: v0.5 (renamed from Algorand Builder), which is a combined version of `@algo-builder/algob v0.5.2`, `@algo-builder/types-algosdk v0.2.0` and `@algo-builder/runtime v0.1.1`.

Robert Zaremba Algorand Builder

Introducing TypeScript Support for the Algorand JavaScript SDK

TypeScript adds static type checking to JavaScript, improving the programming experience through early error flagging and enhanced code readability. Learn how Algorand’s TypeScript support can improve your development process.