Technical requirements
Before you dive into creating your ERC20 token, you’ll need to ensure that you have the following technical requirements set up and ready:
- Operating system (OS): You can choose any OS that you are comfortable with. The examples in this guide use macOS, but it is flexible to your preference.
- GitHub CLI: Make sure you have the GitHub command-line interface (CLI) installed and access to GitHub. This is essential for version control and collaboration.
- Visual studio code (VS Code): Install VS Code, a popular code editor that makes smart contract development more convenient.
- Node.js: Ensure you have Node.js installed. This runtime environment is necessary to run JavaScript-based applications.
- Node package manager (npm): This comes bundled with Node.js. It is used to manage packages and dependencies in your projects.
- Hardhat: Install Hardhat, a development environment for Ethereum that simplifies smart contract development and testing...