--- title: Effective Starknet Contract Testing with Starknet Foundry description: A practical guide to testing Starknet smart contracts using Starknet Foundry. Covers environment setup with Scarb and asdf, project initialization, and writing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/effective-starknet-contract-testing-with-starknet-foundry-w7uequsbd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Effective Starknet Contract Testing with Starknet Foundry | daily.dev og:description: A practical guide to testing Starknet smart contracts using Starknet Foundry. 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