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I am trying to run my Plutus code on Alonzo Purple. However, the PAB currently isn't able to connect to the Alonzo Purple testnet.

Since the off-chain code lives in the Contract monad, do I need to somehow write code to 'interpret' the Contract monad and issue commands against the wallet and node?

Is there some example code to look at?

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For now, and until we have tools for it (the PAB for instance), you have to write your off-chain code as CLI transactions, which is obviously not ideal but the only solution at the moment.

I suggest going through the exercises of the Alonzo-testnet to learn how to interact with Plutus scripts using cardano-cli.

The PAB is under heavy development but we don't have any release date for either the testnet or the mainnet.

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  • What does 'write off-chain code as CLI transactions' mean? I understand that I'll have to call the cardano-node/cardano-cli/wallet to submit transactions and query the blockchain and what not. However, the off-chain code lives in the Contract monad. So, do you think I also need a layer to interpret the effects from the Contract free monad into the CLI? If so, is there any code examples I can take a look at?
    – Attilah
    Commented Sep 2, 2021 at 7:12
  • No, there is no interpreter for now. What I mean by CLI transactions is, whatever off-chain code you have in your Contract monad you can re write it as a CLI transaction (because off-chain is nothing more than transactions). I suggest looking into the docs of cardano-cli and through the exercises of the Alonzo-testnet.
    – Alain Magazin
    Commented Sep 2, 2021 at 10:59
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    I looked at the Alonzo-testnet exercises but those pages are just an outline of exercises. There was no detail and no step-by-step instructions. Am I missing something? I will be honest here - trying to learn this is becoming an exercise in frustration due to a lack of quality documentation.
    – Michael Daconta
    Commented Sep 3, 2021 at 2:03
  • Exercises are meant to have holes, if you want step-by-step check Alonzo-solutions. The documentation is lacking but we have to accept it and keep digging it ourselves.
    – Alain Magazin
    Commented Sep 3, 2021 at 9:24

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