# Lesson 6.1: The State Monad in Practice

Welcome to Lesson 6.1! In this lesson, Robertino provides an introduction to this lecture and explain how the state monad works.

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After completing this lesson, you'll be able to:

* Explain what the state monad is.
* Describe how the state monad is used to test smart contracts.
* Code simple tests using the state monad.
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To learn more about the topics covered in this lesson, we encourage you to review the following resources:

* [Intro to IO monad](https://youtu.be/0xQ8j6h8bNc)
* [Simple State Monad examples](https://wiki.haskell.org/State_Monad)
* [Deep dive into the State Monad](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Haskell/Understanding_monads/State)
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## Collaborate with the Pioneers Community

Remember that you can interact with the participants of the PPP through the [IOG's technical community on Discord](https://discord.gg/inputoutput) by joining the channels under the Plutus Pioneers category.

If during the program you have questions about Plutus, we invite you to share them at [Cardano Stack Exchange (CSE)](https://cardano.stackexchange.com/) by adding the `plutus-pioneer-program` tag to your question. The IOG's Education Team members will monitor these questions to support your learning journey. Whenever you share a question at CSE, you're helping to build up the Cardano and Plutus development knowledge base.

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