Polkadot DevCamp

Your path to parachain engineering starts here

The Polkadot ecosystem is powered by a diverse developer community. Although there are several hundred active monthly developers around the globe, demand and interest in Polkadot and Substrate engineering continues to grow.

This is why Polkadot DevCamps have been created. In association with Tribe, the 1st Singapore Government-supported blockchain ecosystem builder, these coding bootcamps will provide developers with a live and synchronous learning environment that creates a guided point of entry to the Polkadot developer ecosystem.

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What does Polkadot DevCamp offer?

A curated education program brings together Polkadot experts to help developers hit the ground running with the Substrate technology stack. The Polkadot DevCamp course will cover the basics of Substrate development where the key learning outcome is for developers to be able to build a custom blockchain using Substrate, and have a good grasp on relevant key concepts, tooling and resources.

Who can participate?

Polkadot DevCamp is designed for a wide range of participants. Aspiring developers wanting to get started with Polkadot and Substrate can apply, including existing developers and engineers in startups or larger corporate structures.

Please note that some coding experience is required. This is not a course for complete beginners — familiarity with basic engineering concepts is required. Familiarity with blockchains and Rust is an advantage.

When will the Polkadot DevCamp take place?

Applications for the first Polkadot DevCamp are open from March 28th until April 22nd. Once applicants have been approved and confirmed they will be assigned to their cohorts. An opening ceremony on April 29th then brings participants together for the course ahead.

The course itself kicks off on May 5th and runs until May 26th. Participants have until May 31st to submit their capstone projects. The closing ceremony on June 10th includes certificates being awarded, and brings an end to the Polkadot DevCamp.

What does enrollment cost?

Polkadot DevCamp is completely free. The only requirements are that participants fully finish the course. This represents a new way of training developers in Polkadot and Substrate, with no financial barrier to entry.

How do I apply?

There are 20 open slots for the first Polkadot DevCamp. All applicants will need to pass an entry test that assesses their knowledge in the areas of coding and development necessary for the course. Apply here to start the process.

What will the Polkadot DevCamp workload look like?

The program provides a mixture of live lessons, take-home learning materials, lab work, mentorship and support. The curriculum follows a 21-hour time frame of live lectures, split across seven sessions (three hours each), over 4.5 weeks.

Polkadot DevCamp culminates with a capstone project, with participants working on the development of a project from a pre-defined scope of work.

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Additional resources

Find out more about the Polkadot and Substrate ecosystems by joining the developer community on the Substrate StackExchange, and the Polkadot community Discord server.

What is Polkadot?

Polkadot is a layer-0 protocol and multichain network founded by Dr. Gavin Wood, the co-founder and former CTO of Ethereum and creator of the Solidity programming language. Polkadot is a sharded metaprotocol that provides security, scalability, and interoperability to a diverse network of layer-1 blockchains called parachains, connecting them with external networks like Bitcoin and Ethereum via bridges. Polkadot solves many challenges that have hindered the growth of legacy blockchains, from scalability to governance, upgradeability, blockchain customization, energy efficiency, and more.

What is Substrate?

Substrate is a blockchain development framework for building and customizing parachains in the Kusama and Polkadot ecosystem, as well as standalone or ‘solo’ chains. It features a completely generic state transition function and modular building blocks for common blockchain components like consensus, networking, and configuration. By building with Substrate, development teams can significantly speed up production and reduce the cost of building a blockchain, and get much more power and flexibility than building on a smart contract platform.

What is Tribe?

Tribe is a global blockchain ecosystem builder that connects startups and tech talents with leading opportunities. By working closely with organisations including blockchain protocols, corporates, governments, startups and developer communities, it strives to power the next wave of talent and companies’ leap from Web2 to Web3.

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