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Deploy Your First Contract

This guide will walk you through deploying and interacting with contracts in REMIX.

  1. Load and Compile a Contract.

    Open the REMIX IDE. By default, REMIX provides a sample workspace. Choose a Solidity contract to compile and click the ▶️ button. Alternatively, use the Solidity Compiler tab to compile the selected contract.

    Compile contract

  2. Deploy to Westend.

    1. Using Talisman wallet

      Select the Injected Provider - Talisman environment in the Deploy & Run tab. When prompted, allow Remix to connect to Talisman. Switch to the Westend network in Talisman. Make sure Enable Testnets is checked in Talisman to see the network. Your account address and balance will appear under the ACCOUNT section. Remix will automatically use the network selected in Talisman.

      Deploy contract

      Click Deploy and Confirm the transaction in Talisman.

    2. Using MetaMask wallet

      Select Injected Provider - MetaMask environment in the Deploy & Run tab. When prompted, allow REMIX to connect to MetaMask. Your account address and balance will be displayed under the ACCOUNT section. Ensure you are connected to the Westend network in MetaMask. If you are not already connected, switch to the correct network. Remix will automatically use the network selected in MetaMask.

      Deploy contract

      Click Deploy and Confirm the transaction in MetaMask.

    Wait for the deployment to complete, as indicated in the terminal panel.

    Terminal panel

Interact with Your Deployed Contract​

  1. Interact with Deployed Contracts.

    Once deployed, your contract will appear in the Deployed/Unpinned Contracts section of the Deploy & Run tab. To keep your contract visible after reloading Remix, pin it to the workspace. Pinning a contract moves it to the Pinned Contracts section, ensuring it won't disappear upon reload. When pinned, Remix will save both the contract’s address and its ABI for easy access.

    Pin contract

    You can interact with your contract by calling its methods from this section, with all transactions routed through your wallet.

    Call contract

  2. Run Tests.

    Currently, REMIX supports JavaScript tests only. To run tests, navigate to the File Explorer and select any JavaScript test file in the tests directory.

    Test contract

    Run it by clicking the ▶️ button.

How to Interact with Already Deployed Contracts​

If you need to interact with already deployed contracts, make sure to note down their addresses beforehand so you can load them later using the At Address button.

Load contract