Build a Working NFT Marketplace from Contract to Frontend
This course walks through creating a decentralized NFT application built on the ERC721 standard, giving you hands-on experience with the full stack behind an NFT marketplace rather than just theory. You'll write and deploy ERC721 smart contracts in Solidity, then connect them to a frontend built with React and Next.js and styled with Tailwind CSS.
Connecting Frontend to Blockchain
On the frontend side, you'll integrate Web3 JS for wallet-based blockchain communication and apply React's Provider/Consumer pattern so connection state is available across every page and component. The SWR library handles data fetching and caching, keeping the interface responsive as on-chain data changes.
Smart Contracts and Metadata
The smart contract itself acts as the source of truth for ownership and links each token to its underlying media. To handle that media, the course covers storing NFT metadata on IPFS through Pinata, including how to collect data through forms and submit it so it can be linked back to a minted token.
Result
By the end, you'll have built an interactive marketplace where users can trade NFTs using Ether, with the contract, storage, and interface all built and connected by hand.