Ana Rodriguez from Scale Mode teaches Topic 7 of the Stellar course organized by Errorgentina Programa and Haciendo Stellar, covering how to interact with the Stellar Laboratory. The session explains the differences between Testnet and Pubnet, then demonstrates practical use of the Laboratory for creating accounts, querying endpoints, building transactions, signing, and submitting them.
This is an educational video from the Stellar course series where Ana Rodriguez, a software developer at Scale Mode, provides a comprehensive tutorial on using the Stellar Laboratory. The content covers key concepts including the differences between Stellar network instances (Testnet with FriendBot for free XLM funding versus Pubnet with real money), the Laboratory's four main sections (Create Account, Endpoints Explorer, Transaction Builder, and XDR Viewer), and practical demonstrations of creating accounts, querying blockchain data, constructing multi-operation transactions, signing with secret keys, and submitting transactions. The instructor emphasizes important details like sequence numbers, XDR encoding, and the periodic Testnet resets that clear all data.