# Getting started with AntelopeIO  Contracts (formerly EOSIO)

Learning AntelopeIO contracts can be annoying for new devs as the documentation is scattered. This guide is an attempt to help the developer out, here are some good resources:

#### Resources:

1. Original developer portal: <https://developers.eos.io/>
2. Training courses: <https://training.eos.io/courses/>
3. EOSIO stack exchange: <https://eosio.stackexchange.com/>
4. Antelope Handbook <https://cc32d9.gitbook.io/antelope-smart-contract-developers-handbook/>
5. Post mortem of many EOSIO hacks: <https://cmichel.io/>
6. EOS Costa Rica docs: <https://guide.eoscostarica.io/docs/eos-learn/eosio-protocol>

#### Example contracts:

1. <https://guide.eoscostarica.io/docs/tools/example-eosio-smart-contract>
2. NFTs atomic assets: <https://github.com/pinknetworkx/atomicassets-contract>
3. System contracts: <https://github.com/eosnetworkfoundation/eos-system-contracts>
4. <https://github.com/theblockstalk/eosio-contracts>

#### SDKs:

1. EOSJS - <https://www.npmjs.com/package/enf-eosjs> &#x20;
2. DUNE Docker Utilities for Node Execution <https://github.com/antelopeIO/dune>

#### API Lists:

1. Basic node RPC endpoints: <https://validate.eosnation.io/eos/reports/endpoints.html>
2. Dfuse products (historical search / streaming) <https://docs.dfuse.eosnation.io/eosio/public-apis/reference/network-endpoints/> | Available networks: <https://validate.eosnation.io/>
3. Hyperion <https://hyperion.docs.eosrio.io/v2/>

#### Block Explorers:

1. bloks.io: <https://bloks.io/> | Hyperion backend | provide an explorer for your own chain <https://local.bloks.io/>
2. eosq: <https://eos.eosq.eosnation.io/> | dfuse full api backend
3. eosx: <https://www.eosx.io/>

#### History API Solutions:

1. Hyperion (simple to run, widely adopted as a result) <https://hyperion.docs.eosrio.io/>
2. Dfuse full api (very difficult to run, only a few brave men and women have it running) <https://dfuse.eosnation.io/>
3. Dfuse firehose (easy to setup, few running) <https://dfuse.eosnation.io/> <https://medium.com/@NatPDeveloper/antelopes-magic-api-firehose-14dec52b5670>
4. Chronicle <https://github.com/EOSChronicleProject/eos-chronicle>


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