Programming Language for dApps?

QUESTION

Posted this on r/icon two weeks ago with no answers. Maybe someone can let me know today. Did they explain what programming language they're using to make dApps? Is it Python (based on the loopchain GitHub)? Are there any dev Get Started docs or ANY information at all about icon development? Or should I just use something else?

Posted Feb 9, 2018, 7:00 PM UTC

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burgertimeusaCommunity Ambassador•

I'll run this by the team to verify and get back to you.

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TheStyleGodOP•

Cool, thanks!

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GrumpleStache•

The reputaction video further down in the sub shows it as python. The gentleman in the video appears to have reached out to icon and he has it listed as python on his features graph in the video.

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coldbrewchew•

From the summit, it sounds like developer tools are only available to official partners of Icon right now. Hope this changes...would love to play around :/

The language shares many similarities to Python.

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AquaticFilter•

From the u/helloicon Q and A post 144 days ago: ICON is developed in “Python” for faster concept testing. In order to increase transaction speed, ICON will transition to “C/C++ language”.

https://www.reddit.com/r/helloicon/comments/70t56h/icon_technical_qa_summary/?st=JDKXW0CI&sh=e16f4140

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