Solana Development Course

Topics:

• Why Solana, differences from Ethereum and other L1s
• Environment setup (Rust, Cargo, Solana CLI, Anchor, Phantom)
• First Rust project: cargo new hello_rust
• Solana CLI overview: wallet generation, airdrop SOL
• First transaction: sending SOL in devnet

Topics:

• Data types: u64, String, struct
• Functions, modules, cargo run, cargo test
• Ownership and borrowing (with examples)
• Result, Option, error handling
• Mini CLI: balance calculation via Solana RPC

Topics:

• What are accounts (data + program)
• Programs (smart contracts), difference from Ethereum
• Transactions and instructions
• Practice: sending transaction via Solana CLI
• Getting last 10 transactions of an address

Topics:

• What is Anchor and why we need it
• Anchor project structure
• Simple contract: counter (increment, decrement)
• Testing via Anchor CLI
• Deploy to devnet

Topics:

• What is PDA
• Creating accounts via PDA
• To-do list contract: adding and removing tasks
• Working with data inside accounts
• Adding task editing functionality

Topics:

• What is SPL Token
• Creating tokens via CLI
• Program that accepts tokens
• Practice: building a token bank
• Contract that accepts and stores token balance

Topics:

• Connecting to Phantom wallet
• Using @solana/web3.js
• Like button → transaction
• Integration with To-Do list contract
• Building dApp UI for your token

Mini-hackathon (1 week)

Project ideas:

• NFT minter
• Crowdfunding platform
• Voting system
• Simple game (rock-paper-scissors)

Implement project and prepare demo