Developers App

If you're a developer looking to build on Glide, you've come to the right place. In this area of the Glide Docs you'll find everything you need to know about building Glide applications.

Getting Started

If you're brand new to Glide, try starting with the guide on deploying a basic contract. It'll get you familiar with the basic steps required to get a contract deployed to the network. Glide is EVM equivalent so you can feel confident that your existing Ethereum smart contract skills will carry over to Glide. Just make sure to be aware of the few small differences between Ethereum and Glide.

Deploying First Contract

Compability Solidity

Testing Apps on Glide

Bridging & Messaging

Looking to build an application that sends GLDR, tokens, or data between Glide L2 and Offchain Glide? You'll find some useful guides and tutorials in this area of the docs. For instance, if you want to learn how to bridge a token from Offchain Glide to Glide L2 (or vice versa!), you should check out the Standard Token Bridge.

If you're looking for something more advanced, take a look at the guide on sending data between L1 and L2. Contracts on one chain can trigger contract functions on the other chain, it's pretty cool! The Standard Token Bridge for Glide even uses this same message-passing infrastructure under the hood.

Basics of Bridging on Glide

Glide is a "Layer 2" system and is fundamentally connected to PoS (Proof Of Stake) Network Private Offchain Messaging. However, Glide is also a distinct blockchain with its own blocks and transactions. App developers commonly need to move data and tokens between Glide L2 and Offchain Glide. This process of moving data and tokens between the two networks is called "bridging".

Sending Data Between L1 and L2

Smart contracts on L1 (Offchain Proof Of Stake) can interact with smart contracts on L2 (Glide) through a process called "bridging". This page explains how bridging works, how to use it, and what to watch out for.

The Standard Bridge

The Standard Bridge is a basic token bridging system available on Glide. The Standard Bridge allows you to easily move GPR (Web2 Data) and most ERC-20 tokens between Offchain Glide and Glide L2. Transfers from Offchain Glide to Glide via the Standard Bridge are usually completed within 1-3 minutes.