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# AEproject

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**AEproject** is an æternity framework which helps with setting up a project to develop and test [Sophia Smart Contracts](https://github.com/aeternity/aesophia). It provides commands to spin up a local environment as well as utilities for compiling and testing Sophia Smart Contracts. The initial scaffold provides an example contract & corresponding tests.

## Install

```
npm install -g @aeternity/aeproject
```

## Documentation

* [Quick Start](/developer-documentation/aeproject/docs/index.md)
* [Project Initialization](/developer-documentation/aeproject/docs/cli/init.md)
* [Local Environment](/developer-documentation/aeproject/docs/cli/env.md)
* [Unit Testing](/developer-documentation/aeproject/docs/cli/test.md)
* [AEproject Library](/developer-documentation/aeproject/docs/lib.md)
* [Migration from 3.x.x to 4.x.x](/developer-documentation/aeproject/docs/migration-from-3.x.x-to-4.x.x.md)
* [Migration from 4.x.x to 5.x.x](/developer-documentation/aeproject/docs/migration-from-4.x.x-to-5.x.x.md)
* [Upcoming Version Support](/developer-documentation/aeproject/docs/next-support.md)

## Release Process

1. merge the release please PR
   * as `@aeternity/aeproject` has a dependency on itself as library, the CI run before publishing to npm after merging might fail
2. build locally and publish
   * checkout latest `origin/main` including the merged release please PR, ensure no local changes
   * publish to npm using `npm publish` (does automatically clean-build, may require login if not already)


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