| Important to note that libraries to integrate with Ethereum exist in many popular languages: Ruby - https://github.com/izetex/web3-eth and https://github.com/DigixGlobal/ethereum-ruby Python - https://github.com/ethereum/web3.py TypeScript/JS - https://github.com/ethers-io/ethers.js/ Java - https://github.com/web3j/web3j Go - https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum PHP - https://github.com/sc0Vu/web3.php & more. Also - lots of tools to get started: QuikNode.io - boot nodes or JSON RPC access Infura - JSON RPC access Ganache - Fork live network for local dev OpenZeppelin - library for building smart contracts Remix - IDE for ethereum. The article above left a bit to be desired TBH |