# I Deployed My First Smart Contract in an Afternoon

DevFeed: [I Deployed My First Smart Contract in an Afternoon](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/i-deployed-my-first-smart-contract-in-an-afternoon-40127.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://korbonits.com/blog/2026-03-27-deploying-an-erc20-token/>)

Published: 2026-03-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Alex Korbonits](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/alex-korbonits.md>)

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [smart contract](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/smart-contract.md>), [Solidity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/solidity.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>)

Tags: [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [smart-contract](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/smart-contract.md>), [smart-contracts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/smart-contracts.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

## AI overview

A first-principles walkthrough of building and deploying a minimal ERC-20 token to Ethereum, covering the token standard, balances, allowances, access control, tooling, and deployment requirements.

## Source excerpt

A first-principles walkthrough of building and deploying a minimal ERC-20 token to Ethereum mainnet -- no frameworks, no abstractions, just Solidity, Hardhat, and Uniswap.