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I have just install Ethereum today so im a complete newbee to Ethereum and doing some research. I have installed the Ethereum Wallet app and synchronized the testnet.
However, to deploy my first contract in testnet, it requires some Ether, so can someone guide how to get that? In Ethereum-Wallet, there is an option for CPU mining in the Develop menu. I try to use it to mine ethers (and win ethers) bt dosent work. It dont swich on. Someone knows how can i resolve it.
Here's a link that's been working for me: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethdev/comments/61zdn8/if_you_need_some_ropsten_testnet_ethers/
Also the faucet works sometimes (can be slow): http://faucet.ropsten.be:3001/
But also look at the TestRPC for running everything locally. It can be really helpful when you just want to play around with some code. Also, if you just want to test out your code (and don't care about having the wallet app installed), you can use the remix browser https://ethereum.github.io/browser-solidity/#version=soljson-v0.4.13+commit.fb4cb1a.js
