Course Overview

What this Move course covers, how to use it, prerequisites.

A self-contained, hands-on course covering the Move smart-contract language in both of its major modern dialects — Sui Move (object model, Move 2024 edition) and Aptos Move (global storage, Move 2) — with notes on the original Diem Move and other Move chains such as Movement, IOTA, and Initia. You will learn the history and philosophy of resource-oriented programming, tooling (Sui CLI, Aptos CLI, Move.toml, Move Analyzer, Move Prover), primitive types, integers, vectors, strings, structs and abilities, ownership and references, functions and visibility, generics and phantom types, enums and pattern matching, method syntax and macros, errors, events, testing, Aptos global storage and objects, the Sui object model and dynamic fields, design patterns (capability, witness, one-time witness, hot potato), coins and fungible assets, NFTs, Kiosk and transfer policies, programmable transaction blocks, sponsored transactions, randomness, time, upgrades, gas, security, formal verification, SDKs, frontends, indexers, and complete DeFi, NFT and DAO projects. Every chapter has working examples and exercises.

Course Map

Part I — Foundations Introduction to Move History & Dialects: Diem, Sui, Aptos, Movement

Resource-Oriented Programming vs Solidity Tooling & Environment Setup Packages, Move.toml & Named Addresses Your First Module (Sui and Aptos) Integer Arithmetic & Casting Vectors & Option

Variables, Expressions, Scopes & Constants Control Flow, Loops & Labeled Blocks Part II — Core Language Modules, Imports & Visibility

Functions: public, package, friend, entry, inline Abilities: copy, drop, store, key Ownership, Moves & Copies References & Borrowing Generics & Constraints Enums & Pattern Matching

Method Syntax, Macros & Modern Language Features [Error Handling: Aborts, assert!, #[error]](#23-error-handling) Unit Testing & test_scenario Part III — Advanced Aptos Global Storage Aptos Objects & Resource Accounts The Sui Object Model

Sui Ownership: Transfer, Share, Freeze & Wrapping Dynamic Fields, Tables & Collections

Design Patterns: Capability, Witness, One-Time Witness, Hot Potato Init, Publisher & Display (Sui) Coins & Fungible Tokens

NFTs, Digital Assets, Kiosk & Transfer Policies Transactions: PTBs, Sponsored & Multi-Agent Transactions Time & On-Chain Randomness Package Upgrades & Compatibility The Gas Model & Optimization Security & Common Vulnerabilities

Formal Verification with the Move Prover Part IV — Ecosystem & Real-World Move SDKs, Frontends, Wallets & Indexers

Complete Projects: AMM, Staking, Escrow, NFT Marketplace, DAO Best Practices & Common Pitfalls

Appendices: Cheat Sheet, Keywords, Standard Library, History, Resources, Study Plan