Get started with Cosmos SDK v0.50 and run your Cosmos chain
First Steps to Run Your Chain
Do you want to find out how to run Cosmos chains? Take it step-by-step.
Begin with an introduction to the Cosmos SDK v0.50 and the first steps to building an application-specific blockchain from scratch.
In the following chapters, you will learn how to implement a checkers game blockchain with all the different aspects this can entail.
# In this chapter
In this chapter, you will:
- Prepare your computer to work with the Cosmos SDK v0.50.
- Clone two minimal repositories that will get you started fast.
- Begin implementing a Cosmos module for a checkers game using your own IDE, starting from an empty folder.
- Create one stored object type.
- Create one custom message for your blockchain.
- Work with the message handler to create and save games.
- Create one custom query for your blockchain.
Preparation
Be ready to build your application the native way
Start here
Build Your Module
Where you create your checkers module
Start here
Add Your First Object
Where you make the checkers module interesting
Start here
Add Your First Message
Where you make it possible to create a game
Start here
Add Your First Query
Where you make it possible to retrieve a game
Start here
# Next up
Before you set up this exercise, prep everything by going through the section Set Up Your Work Environment.
If your setup is ready to go, begin with the next section.
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