Ed: Hello, and welcome to our Web 3.0 course. Today, we are going to talk about Solidity programming language. We will compare this programming language to other ones, and we'll look at the similarities and differences. With me, I have my colleague Tadas. (ph 00.21) Tadas has been working as a software developer for nearly a decade now. Hello, Tadas. Thanks for joining me.

Tadas: Hello, Ed. Thank you for inviting me.

Ed: Would you be able to talk a little bit about your Web 3.0 journey, please?

Tadas: It started a couple of years back when I got interested in Web 3.0 in general. Then, as it happened, my company was working on a project where the smart contracts were involved, and I got offered the opportunity to join them and I did, and that's where my journey began.

Ed: So you have been working with many different programming languages before, like Java, C Sharp, Python, and now you worked with Solidity programming language. How does this new programming language compare to the old ones?

Tadas: So Solidity is a contract-based language that allows developers to create decentralised applications that don't require an intermediary where most of the other programming languages are more built for general purpose applications.

Ed: Okay, so that is very interesting. What does it actually mean in practice?

Tadas: So what does this mean in practice is that Solidity is deterministic, and that means that it behaves in a very predictable way and it cannot be tampered with. Now, in addition to that, it handles precise calculations well and large numbers.

Ed: Okay, so I'm hearing there are quite a few differences, but what about similarities? Are there any software development concepts and paradigms that Solidity programming language share with other languages?

Tadas: Yes, as you can imagine, it shares quite a few similarities, and we will probably spend the whole time in this video, you know, listing them out, but the most basic one would be that it's a statically typed language, which means that you need to define the variables, data types, so that it's ready for compile time.

Ed: I think I would also add that Solidity programming language is Turing complete, which means that software developers can create more complex smart contracts because they can use if statements, for loops and all those cool features of Turing complete programming languages.

Tadas: Yes, I agree.

Ed: I think I would also add that Solidity programming language uses Ethereum Virtual Machine, which is similar to what Java does because Java is using Java Virtual Machine.

Tadas: Agree. That's a very good point to mention.

Ed: We have established that Solidity programming language is kind of a niche programming language, right? Because it's used for smart contract development. Now, where do you see this programming language in, let's say, five years?

Tadas: I think Solidity is still going to be quite prominent in the space, and we're going to be seeing more of its adoption. Similarly, we are seeing that Ethereum network is also moving on, and there's new features being introduced and changes, and all of this put together will open up quite a lot of developer job opportunities. And what are your thoughts on it?

Ed: Since you mentioned Ethereum, I believe that this programming language will go hand in hand with Ethereum ecosystem, because the bigger this ecosystem will get, more adopted Solidity programming language will get, and more in demand it will get. So I think it's very important for Ethereum to grow.

Tadas: I agree.

Ed: The future of Solidity programming language looks pretty bright, in my opinion. Is there anything that you could recommend to the new starters, to the developers who may be just starting their career and want to learn Solidity?

Tadas: So I'd probably say that start small and grow big, and what I mean by that is start implementing small examples. Work through as many exercises as you can. Join meet ups, try to become a part of communities as well, because those senior developers are going to help you to grow.

Ed: These are real, amazing tips, Tadas. I can't agree more. Right, so we have looked into Solidity programming language. We compared it to other programming languages. We kind of tried to forecast where this programming language is gonna be in five years, and we made a few tips for new starters. Thank you very much, Tadas, for joining me, and I hope to see you next time.

Tadas: Thank you for inviting me, Ed.

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