Source: https://hardhat.org/hardhat-runner/docs/getting-started

$npm init
$npm install --save-dev hardhat //could ask for sudo
$npx hardhat

👷 Welcome to Hardhat v2.14.0 👷‍

✔ What do you want to do? · Create a JavaScript project
✔ Hardhat project root: · /Users/ad/Desktop/HardHat-BoilerPlate
✔ Do you want to add a .gitignore? (Y/n) · y
✔ Do you want to install this sample project's dependencies with npm (@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox)? (Y/n) · y

Install the below also

$sudo npm install --save-dev @nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox@^2.0.0

NOTE

The above are the instructions for startign from scratch

If you download this repo the probably a

$npm install

will be enough to run with the rest of the commands

Note: For testing change the network to:

defaultNetwork: "hardhat",

COMPILE

$npx hardhat compile

CLEAN and FORCE

To force a compilation you can use the

--force argument,

npx hardhat compile --force

or run

npx hardhat clean //to clear the cache and delete the artifacts.

TESTS

You can run your tests with

$npx hardhat test:

As general rule, you can target any network from your Hardhat config using:

npx hardhat run --network <your-network> scripts/deploy.js

.env

Please make sure you create a .env file at route and create ACCOUNT_1_PRIVATE_KEY= ACCOUNT_2_PRIVATE_KEY= ACCOUNT_FANTOM_PRIVATE_KEY=