# Terrain quickstart guide

Use this quickstart guide to get started building your dApp. Terrain is a Terra development environment for better smart contract development experience

This guide will walk you through setting up your environment, installing Terrain, and using the testnet or LocalTerra to interact with a network.

For more information on Terrain, visit [Terrain's readme](https://github.com/iboss-ptk/terrain#readme).

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**Terrain setup**  
Use this tutorial to set up Terrain in 5 minutes.
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:link: using-terrain-localterra.html
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**Terrain and LocalTerra**  
16+ GB of RAM recommended.
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**Terrain and the testnet**  
8+ GB of RAM recommended. 
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:link: contract-migration.html
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**Contract migration with Terrain**  
Learn how to migrate CosmWasm contracts on Terra. 
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## Contents <img src="/img/Glossary.svg" height="30px">

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initial-setup
using-terrain-localterra
using-terrain-testnet
contract-migration

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