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Starter Tutorials
Each tutorial points to the official, maintained documentation for the detailed steps. Use a testnet: no real ada needed.
Tutorial A: Hello Cardano
- Install a wallet from its official site and switch it to the Preprod testnet.
- Request test ada from the official faucet.
- Send a small amount of test ada to a second address and look the transaction up in a testnet explorer.
- Read the eUTxO explainer and identify the inputs, outputs and fee of your transaction.
Tutorial B: a simple dApp with Mesh
- Follow the Mesh guides to create a starter project.
- Use Mesh's wallet connection (CIP-30) to read the connected wallet's balance on Preprod.
- Build, sign and submit a transaction that sends test ada.
- Handle errors and show the transaction hash to the user.
Tutorial C: mint a native token or NFT
- Understand that Cardano native tokens are handled by the ledger itself: transfers need no smart contract. Minting is controlled by a minting policy (which can be a simple signature/time-lock script).
- Follow the Developer Portal's minting guide on Preprod.
- Add CIP-25 style metadata if you are minting an NFT, following the NFT guide.
Tutorial D: understand eUTxO (interactive)
- Use the small virtual simulation below to pick inputs and create outputs.
- See why change goes back to you and why a fee is needed.
- For a fuller simulator, see UTXO Playground (an AACC sibling project, coming soon).
UTXO Playground (coming soon) ↗
Virtual simulation · not real Cardano transactions
Your wallet holds these UTxOs. Tick inputs, enter an amount to send, and see the outputs. Fee is a fixed illustrative 0.2 ada.