Top 5 Tools for Building Smart Contracts

Remix IDE: A browser-based Ethereum IDE that allows for creating, testing, and deploying smart contracts directly in the browser.

Truffle Suite: Offers a robust development environment for writing, testing, and deploying smart contracts on Ethereum-based blockchains.

Hardhat: A flexible Ethereum development tool that improves the smart contract development cycle with advanced debugging and testing features.

OpenZeppelin: Provides a library of secure and reusable smart contracts for Ethereum and other blockchains to help developers build decentralized applications efficiently.

Ether.js: A comprehensive JavaScript library that facilitates interaction with the Ethereum blockchain, simplifying tasks related to smart contracts and their management.