RR PlebDevs takeover Hello world! 

Link to slides https://tinyurl.com/rr-plebdevs 

Who am I? I’m Austin I go by @bitcoinplebdev online I’m a mostly self taught developer though I went through a fullstack bootcamp as well as the Base58 Transactions bootcamp I work on Bitcoin/Lightning/Nostr/FOSS I work out of PlebLab in Austin, Texas, and am involved in the Bitcoin/Lightning dev scene here I helped create the PlebDevs Lightning course and I run the PlebDevs community 

My story 

The evolution of a plebdev The Pleb Learning the fundamentals of Bitcoin, Computer Science, and Economics. Falling down the rabbit hole for the first time The Bitcoin Pleb You have experience now, you begin putting your knowledge to action, running your first node, writing your first code. The PlebDev You can write some code now, you understand Bitcoin from first principles. Time to combine your knowledge and skills and start building something! 

Bought my first Bitcoin / first miner My miner (S9) broke Started trying to trade shitcoins Got wrecked Started learning how to code Moved to Austin Got my first Bitcoin job (Fold) Started PlebDevs 

I coined the term plebdev about 2 years ago as a framing to help me talk about my developer journey in Bitcoin. What is a Plebdev? 

A plebdev is a Bitcoin pleb turned technical 

Plebdevs are on the learning path. 

A plebdev might be someone who is writing their first code or someone whose been coding for two years and is just working on getting to the next level 

Plebdevs is focused mainly on App development vs protocol development (though the door to protocol dev is always open!) 

Plebdevs embrace the label of n00b, being a noob is 1000x better than being on the sidelines 

Bitcoin/Lightning/Nostr needs more Plebdevs! 

The first PlebDevs course 

Plebdevs Workshops 

Plebdevs Discord 

Not everyone wants/needs to become a developer But you can at least become a little dangerous! 

Case study: Stories from 3 different Plebdevs 

PlebPoet plebpoet.com - Writer / Designer - Wanted to build/maintain her own website - Did not want to become a nerd! 

BTCRetriever - Wanted to become a dev / went to bootcamp - Used PlebDevs after bootcamp to level up in the Bitcoin space 

Bitdern - Writer / wanted to level up his skills - Wanted to work in Bitcoin 

Let’s check out some PlebDev tools Docker / Polar / Alby 

Installing Docker Desktop in order to use Polar Docker Desktop 

My favorite Lightning app Development tool 

Polar - Quick and easy network setup: Polar allows you to quickly set up one or more Lightning Networks locally on your computer with just a few clicks. - Multiple node management: Easily add, start, and stop individual nodes, connect to them via RPC, and view streaming logs from each node, get root access to the terminal for each node. - Simplifies development: Allows easy creation of channels, invoices, and payments, peering, testing across node implementation versions, etc. - Polar supports LND, Core Lightning, Eclair, and Bitcoin Core. 

1. Open Docker Desktop, wait for it to start 

2. Open Polar, Create a Lightning network 

3. Create your network - Give it a name - You can use the default network or customize it / add nodes - Make sure that you have at least 1 Bitcoin Core node though 

4. Click Start 

Let’s build a Lightning wallet! With Replit / WebLN / Alby 

What is replit? Replit is a free easy to use development environment that runs on the web Project: https://replit.com/@bitcoinplebdev/rr-plebdevs 

The basic webdev stack 

Simple example 

Simple example 

HTML / CSS 

JavaScript 

React vs HTML/CSS/JavaScript 

React vs HTML/CSS/JavaScript Let’s explore this same simple example implemented in React 

Implemented in React 

What is WebLN? Replit is a free easy to use development environment that runs on the web Project: https://replit.com/@bitcoinplebdev/rr-plebdevs 

Links Plebdevs discord Plebdevs course