The 4 Best dApp Frameworks for First-Time Ethereum Developers

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  • truffle

    Discontinued :warning: The Truffle Suite is being sunset. For information on ongoing support, migration options and FAQs, visit the Consensys blog. Thank you for all the support over the years.

    • Truffle is a popular development and testing framework for dApps, both for first time and experienced Ethereum developers. As well as containing a web3.js library, Truffle is simple, user friendly and, with over 56K GitHub users, trusted. To install Truffle you need to have Node, NPM and Python. You can install Truffle via NPM with the command ‘npm install -g truffle.’

  • hardhat

    Hardhat is a development environment to compile, deploy, test, and debug your Ethereum software.

    • Hardhat allows developers to build, test, and deploy smart contracts and dApps using a variety of tools and libraries. With over 114K users on GitHub and an active Discord community, Hardhat is a hugely popular framework for dApp developers. Much of its popularity can be attributed to its rich list of features, flexibility and the Hardhat Ethereum Virtual Machine for testing and debugging smart contracts.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • embark-framework

    Framework for serverless Decentralized Applications using Ethereum, IPFS and other platforms

    • Limited Github community and not as popular in web3 as other frameworks such as Truffle

  • openzeppelin-contracts

    OpenZeppelin Contracts is a library for secure smart contract development.

    • Widely used open source framework with an active GitHub community and documentation

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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