Getting Started

Welcome to Rujira, the THORChain App Layer designed for building secure and sustainable decentralized applications (dApps) and smart contracts. This section will help you understand the core concepts you'll need to get started building on Rujira.

Overview

Before getting started building on Rujira, make sure to familiarize yourself with:

• Secured Assets: Being an App Layer on top of THORChain, it is key to understand how all assets on Rujira are secured by THORChain Base Layer.

• CosmWasm: Key parts of Rujira and THORChain is built on the Cosmos tech stack, and the go-to smart contracting platform in the Cosmos ecosystem is CosmWasm, enabling cross-chain interoperability through WebAssembly (Wasm) contracts. It allows developers to write secure, efficient contracts in languages like Rust.

• IBC: Rujira tokens on the App Layer are interoperable with the rest of the Cosmos ecosystem by enabling the Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) Protocol.

Once you have a good understanding of above, you are ready to dive into the Development Process—everything from development to staging to auditing to mainnet—enabling you to deploy fast onto Rujira.

Other Useful SDKs & Libraries

Besides above, Rujira is made up of multiple moving parts making up the entire App Layer

• Rujira.js: A JavaScript SDK tailored for TypeScript-based backend interaction between applications and smart contracts on Rujira.

• Rujira-rs: A Rust library that contains the essential message types and structures for interacting with Rujira's core app-layer smart contracts. This SDK simplifies integration between core smart contracts and any dApps built on top of them.

• Rujira.ui: A collection of reusable UI components that also provide wallet integration, enabling quick and easy development of dApps with consistent user experiences.

Other Useful Links

Here is a practical guide on how to get started developing on the Rujira App Layer, prepared with love by Nami Protocol: https://namiprotocol.notion.site/Get-started-App-layer-development-15a7ce475ca8800d8f49fd6e48f48dfd

While migrating from Kujira to Rujira, it's useful to reference a few essential developer resources:

• https://github.com/Team-Kujira/pond-ex: Your personal local Kujira blockchain. Start testing your smart contract in minutes
• https://docs.rs/kujira/latest/kujira/: Find out how you can interact with the Kujira blockchain and core products from your smart contract
• https://github.com/Team-Kujira/kujira.js: JS Pro? Understand how you can interact with the Kujira products from your application
• docs.kujira.app: New to Kujira? Here’s your place to start! Find out what makes us special and what tools you can choose from
• build.kujira.app: Time to start building! Your central place around all things development
• https://kujiraecosystem.com: Find out what’s happening in the whole Kujira ecosystem
• https://github.com/Team-Kujira/kujira.ui: UI components in typescript

Furthermore you may also be interested in the following specific Github sections:

• https://github.com/Team-Kujira/core Kujira core repository
• https://github.com/Team-Kujira/kujira.js Javascript Interfaces for the Kujira blockchain
• https://github.com/Team-Kujira/kujira-rs Interfaces and Utilities for Kujira Cosmwasm contracts
• https://github.com/Team-Kujira/networks Kujira Networks (Typescript)
• https://github.com/Team-Kujira/oracle-price-feeder Kujira's Oracle Price Feeder
• https://github.com/Team-Kujira/kujira.ui Public Kujira User Interface
• https://github.com/Team-Kujira/factory Kujira Contract Factory
• https://github.com/Team-Kujira/senate Kujira Senate contracts
• https://github.com/Team-Kujira/kujira-rs-testing Mock interface to test Cosmwasm contracts
• https://github.com/Team-Kujira/fin-bot-demo Kujira FIN DEX bot integration

Finally, https://entropiclabs.io/beacon/docs/quickstart contains the Entropy Beacon docs