Smart Contracts

Aptos contracts are written using Move, a next generation language for secure, sandboxed, and formally verified programming which is used for multiple chains. Move allows developers to write programs that flexibly manage and transfer assets while providing security and protections against attacks on those assets.

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👨‍💻 Move Examples

Aptos Move Examples 30+ examples on how to develop Move on Aptos

Move Tutorial Covers the basics of programming with Move

Your first Move Module A example of how to publish your first move module

Here is a hello_blockchain example of move

module hello_blockchain::message {
    use std::error;
    use std::signer;
    use std::string;
    use aptos_framework::event;

    //:!:>resource
    struct MessageHolder has key {
        message: string::String,
    }
    //<:!:resource

    #[event]
    struct MessageChange has drop, store {
        account: address,
        from_message: string::String,
        to_message: string::String,
    }

    /// There is no message present
    const ENO_MESSAGE: u64 = 0;

    #[view]
    public fun get_message(addr: address): string::String acquires MessageHolder {
        assert!(exists<MessageHolder>(addr), error::not_found(ENO_MESSAGE));
        borrow_global<MessageHolder>(addr).message
    }

    public entry fun set_message(account: signer, message: string::String)
    acquires MessageHolder {
        let account_addr = signer::address_of(&account);
        if (!exists<MessageHolder>(account_addr)) {
            move_to(&account, MessageHolder {
                message,
            })
        } else {
            let old_message_holder = borrow_global_mut<MessageHolder>(account_addr);
            let from_message = old_message_holder.message;
            event::emit(MessageChange {
                account: account_addr,
                from_message,
                to_message: copy message,
            });
            old_message_holder.message = message;
        }
    }

    #[test(account = @0x1)]
    public entry fun sender_can_set_message(account: signer) acquires MessageHolder {
        let addr = signer::address_of(&account);
        aptos_framework::account::create_account_for_test(addr);
        set_message(account, string::utf8(b"Hello, Blockchain"));

        assert!(
            get_message(addr) == string::utf8(b"Hello, Blockchain"),
            ENO_MESSAGE
        );
    }
}

⚒️ Developer Resources

FAQ and Discussions

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Move IDE plugins

Aptos Move Analyzer for Visual Studio.
Move language plugin for JetBrains IDEs: Supports syntax highlighting, code navigation, renames, formatting, type checks and code generation.

External Resources

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