# Solidity Basics.

## What is Solidity?

Solidity is an object-oriented, high-level language for implementing smart contracts. Smart contracts are programs that govern the behavior of accounts within the Ethereum state.

Solidity is a "statically typed" language. Statically typed is a programming language characteristic in which variable types are explicitly declared and thus are determined at compile time.

Solidity language supports the following general  [value types](https://docs.soliditylang.org/en/v0.8.7/types.html#value-types) :


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  **Boolean**: It returns a true or false value. 


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  **Integers**: The int/unit for both unsigned and signed integers are supported by Solidity.   


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  **Address**: An address can carry up to a 20-byte value. 


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  **String Literals**: String literals are depicted using either double or single quotes.  They imply trailing value zeroes. 


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  **Modifier**:  Modifiers ensure the fulfillment of the predefined conditions before code execution.


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  **Mappings**: Mappings return values related to a given storage site. 

With Solidity, you can create contracts for uses such as voting, crowdfunding, blind auctions, multi-signature wallets, and the popular kid on the block(NFTs). 

I will be deep-diving into Solidity in upcoming articles. I hope you enjoyed this short introduction to Solidity. Stay Safe and Happy coding! :)