# Solidity Typescript Hardhat

It can be found on the following link

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## Hardhat Configuration

* typescript support enabled
* typechain plugin installed (typescript type bindings are generated from smart contracts)/check Typechain docs
* hardhat-deploy plugin enabled (use deployments from `deploy` folder, order and tag them; multi-network)
* hardhat console enabled - to allow console.log usage within solidity code
* testing environment configured and operational

Check the Hardhat documentation for more information.

{% embed url="<https://hardhat.org/getting-started/>" %}

We recommend installing `hh autocomplete` so you can use `hh` shorthand globally.

`npm i -g hardhat-shorthand`

{% embed url="<https://hardhat.org/guides/shorthand.html>" %}

## Usage

Run `npm install` and then:

* `hh compile` - to compile smart contract and generate typechain ts bindings
* `hh test` - to run tests
* `hh deploy` - to deploy to local network (see options for more)
* `hh TABTAB` - to use autocomplete
* `hh node` - to run a localhost node

Check `package.json` scripts for more options. Use `.env.example` file and adapt it to you values and settings.