---
title: "Testing smart contracts with hardhat"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/testing-smart-contracts-with-hardhat-qrufwg24d
source_url: https://coinsbench.com/testing-smart-contracts-with-hardhat-73b281847ab6
type: article
source: "Coins Bench"
published: 2024-02-27T08:37:08.065Z
updated: 2024-05-09T09:21:59.549Z
tags: ["testing", "blockchain", "ethereum", "smart-contracts", "hardhat"]
reading_time: 7
upvotes: 4
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Testing smart contracts with hardhat

**[Coins Bench](https://daily.dev/sources/coinsbench)** · 7 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Testing smart contracts with Hardhat is essential for security, confidence, and maintainability. Hardhat simplifies the testing process by providing a local Ethereum network, integrating with ethers.js, and offering popular testing frameworks and custom matchers. To get started with testing, install Hardhat, write your smart contract, create a test file, import dependencies, deploy the contract, and write tests using Mocha and Chai.

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Tags: [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing), [#blockchain](https://daily.dev/tags/blockchain), [#ethereum](https://daily.dev/tags/ethereum), [#smart-contracts](https://daily.dev/tags/smart-contracts), [#hardhat](https://daily.dev/tags/hardhat)

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