Scaffold-Stylus Workshop by Quantum3Labs
Featured at Arbitrum’s First Vietnam Meetup, organized by VBI Academy
About Scaffold-Stylus
A development framework designed to accelerate dApp building with Stylus on Arbitrum.
Resources:
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Website: https://www.scaffoldstylus.com/
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X/Twitter: https://x.com/stylus_scaffold
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Documentation: Welcome to Scaffold-Stylus
First Workshop - Vietnam Meetup
On July 19, 2025, we launched Scaffold-Stylus at the historic first Arbitrum meetup in Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City), hosted by VBI Academy. The event attracted ~60 participants and generated significant community engagement.
Workshop Highlights:
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Live Release: Launched Scaffold-Stylus v1.0 to the Vietnamese developer community
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Interactive Demo: Participants requested an impromptu scaffold-stylus live demonstration, showcasing real-time development capabilities
Event details: Arbitrum First Meetup in Vietnam
Detailed Developer Feedback & Solutions
Technical Issues & Resolutions:
1. Installation Complexity
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Specific Feedback:
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Developers faced installation took around 20 minutes on first attempt. Some windows user got more issues
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Required manual installation of 5+ dependencies (Rust, Cargo-stylus, Foundry, Node.js, Git)
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Confusion about version compatibility between tools
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User Quote: “Too many prerequisites, I got lost halfway through”
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Solutions: Creating Docker container with pre-configured environment + improving current stylusup installer script to handle dependencies automatically
2. Linux Permission Errors
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Specific Feedback:
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Linux users encountered “permission denied (os error 13)” during contract compilation
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Issue occurred specifically when running
yarn deploy -
Required manual chmod commands to fix
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User Quote: “Had to Google permission fixes, almost gave up”
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Our Solution: Add automatic permission configuration during project scaffolding + clear troubleshooting guide in docs
3. Deployment Performance
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Specific Feedback:
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Contract deployment to local devnet took 2-3 minutes on average machines
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Developers with 8GB RAM experienced 5+ minute deployment times
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User Quote: “Is it supposed to take this long? I thought something was broken”
Positive Feedback Details:
Debug Contracts UI
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What developers loved: Real-time contract interaction without terminal commands
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Specific praise: “Finally, I can test my functions visually!”
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Usage stats: Participants successfully deployed and tested contracts using the UI
Documentation Quality
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What worked: Step-by-step guides with screenshots
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Developer comment: “Finally, documentation that bridges the gap between Stylus basics and actual dApp development”
Developer Experience Improvements
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Time saved: Reduced dApp setup
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Success rate: 50% of workshop dev participants deployed their first Stylus contract
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Feature requests: Hot reload support, more example contracts, testnet faucet integration
Next Steps
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Implementing structured feedback forms for future events
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Planning upcoming workshops (online & offline) - announcements coming soon
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Building on momentum from Vietnam’s first Arbitrum event
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Continuous improvements based on developer input
Stay Connected: Follow @stylus_scaffold for workshop announcements and updates on building dApps with Stylus.
Gian Alarcon at Quantum3Labs
@gianmalarcon