From 8e6173b2e47ad7d7f9f583788e297a5d46da3d05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mDuo13 Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 18:08:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Get started - reorg for faster start, next steps --- content/tutorials/get-started/get-started.md | 48 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/tutorials/get-started/get-started.md b/content/tutorials/get-started/get-started.md index a857848f93..68363c03ec 100644 --- a/content/tutorials/get-started/get-started.md +++ b/content/tutorials/get-started/get-started.md @@ -1,30 +1,13 @@ # Get Started -The XRP Ledger is always online and entirely public. You can access it **directly from a web browser** with a few steps described in this page. Scroll down to get started! +The XRP Ledger is always online and entirely public. Anyone can access it **directly from a web browser** with source code like what's on this page. -## 1. Prerequisites - -To access the XRP Ledger from a webpage, load [Lodash](https://lodash.com/) and [RippleAPI for JavaScript (ripple-lib)](rippleapi-reference.html) in your site's HTML. For example: - -```html - - -``` - - - - - - -On this page, that's already done, so continue to the next step! - - -## 2. First Script - -The following code gets the latest [ledger version](ledgers.html) and a list of transactions that were newly-validated in that ledger version, using the [`getLedger()` method](rippleapi-reference.html#getledger). Try running it as-is, or change the code and see what happens. +The following example gets the latest [ledger version](ledgers.html) and a list of transactions that were newly-validated in that ledger version, using the [`getLedger()` method](rippleapi-reference.html#getledger). Try running it as-is, or change the code and see what happens. **Tip:** If you can, open your browser's Developer Tools by pressing **F12**. The "Console" tab provides a native JavaScript console and can give insight into what code is running on any webpage. + + @@ -97,16 +80,31 @@ const mainnet = new ripple.RippleAPI({ +## Suggestions -## 3. Next Steps - -Try editing the code from step 2 to do something different: +Try editing the code above to do something different: - Connect to the [Testnet](parallel-networks.html) public server at `wss://s.altnet.rippletest.net/` instead. [Answer >](javascript:js_interactives.step2.ex_1()) - Look up the details of a transaction using the [`getTransaction()` method](rippleapi-reference.html#gettransaction). For the `id`, use one of the `transactionHashes` from the `getLedger()` response! [Answer >](javascript:js_interactives.step2.ex_2()) - Convert the `totalDrops` from the response to decimal XRP. [Answer >](javascript:js_interactives.step2.ex_3()) +## Setup Steps + +This page has the necessary prerequisites already loaded, but you can access the XRP Ledger from **any webpage** if you load [Lodash](https://lodash.com/) and [RippleAPI for JavaScript (ripple-lib)](rippleapi-reference.html) in that page's HTML. For example: + +```html + + +``` + + + ## Further Reading - +When you're ready to move on, continue using the XRP Ledger with these resources: + +- [Understand the Concepts](concepts.html) behind the XRP Ledger's design. +- [Use the RippleAPI Reference](rippleapi-reference.html) to see what else you can do. +- [Install `rippled`](install-rippled.html) to participate in the network. +- [Get Testnet XRP](xrp-testnet-faucet.html) to try sending and receiving payments.