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Module 1 - Client interaction with the Solana Network

  1. Read data from the network
    • Explain accounts
    • Explain SOL and lamports
    • Explain public keys
    • Explain the JSON RPC API
    • Explain web3.js
    • Install web3.js
    • Use web3.js to create a connection to a Solana node
    • Use web3.js to read data from the blockchain (balance, account info, etc.)
  2. Write data to the network
    • Explain keypair
    • Use @solana/web3.js to generate a keypair
    • Use @solana/web3.js to create a keypair using a secret key
    • Explain transactions
    • Explain transaction fees
    • Use @solana/web3.js to send sol
    • Use @solana/web3.js to sign transactions
    • Use Solana explorer to view transactions
  3. Interact with wallets
    • Explain Wallets
    • Install Phantom extension
    • Set Phantom wallet to devnet
    • Use wallet-adapter to have users sign transactions
  4. Serialize custom instruction data
    • Explain the contents of a transaction
    • Explain transaction instructions
    • Explain the basics of Solana's runtime optimizations
    • Explain Borsh
    • Use Borsh to serialize custom instruction data
  5. Deserialize custom account data
    • Explain Program Derived Accounts
    • Derive PDAs given specific seeds
    • Fetch a program’s accounts
    • Use Borsh to deserialize custom data
  6. Page, Filter, and Order account data
    • Prefetch accounts without data
    • Determine where in an account’s buffer layout specific data is stored
    • Prefetch accounts with a subset of data that can be used to order accounts
    • Fetch only accounts whose data matches specific criteria
    • Fetch a subset of total accounts using getMultipleAccounts
    • Combine to page, filter, and order data

Module 2 - Client interaction with common Solana programs

  1. Token Program
    • Explain the Solana Token Program
    • Create a new token using spl-token
    • Explain associated token accounts
    • Create a token account using spl-token
    • Explain rent in the Solana Accounts model
    • Mint a token using spl-token
  2. Token Swap Program
    • Create a token swap pool
    • Deposit liquidity
    • Withdraw liquidity
    • Swap tokens
  3. NFTs with Metaplex
    • Explain NFTs and how they're supported by the Solana network
    • Understand the role of Metaplex in the Solana NFT ecosystem
    • Use Candy Machine v2 to create and distribute an NFT collection
    • Use Candy Machine UI to mint NFTs from a candy machine

Module 3 - Basic Solana Program Development

  1. Hello World
    • Use the Rust module system
    • Define a function in Rust
    • Explain the Result type
    • Explain the entry point to a Solana program
    • Build and deploy a basic Solana program
    • Submit a transaction to invoke our “Hello, world!” program
  2. Create a Basic Program, Part 1 - Handle Instruction Data
    • Assign mutable and immutable variables in Rust
    • Create and use Rust structs and enums
    • Use Rust match statements
    • Add implementations to Rust types
    • Deserialize instruction data into Rust data types
    • Execute different program logic for different types of instructions
    • Explain the structure of a smart contract on Solana
  3. Create a Basic Program, Part 2 - State Management
    • Describe the process of creating a new account using a Program Derived Address (PDA)
    • Use seeds to derive a PDA
    • Use the space required by an account to calculate the amount of rent (in lamports) a user must allocate
    • Use a Cross Program Invocation (CPI) to initialize an account with a PDA as the address of the new account
    • Explain how to update the data stored on a new account
  4. Create a Basic Program, Part 3 - Basic Security and Validation
    • Explain the importance of "thinking like an attacker"
    • Understand basic security practices
    • Perform owner checks
    • Perform signer checks
    • Validate accounts passed into the program
    • Perform basic data validation

Module 4 - Intermediate Solana Program Development

  1. Set up a local dev environment
    • Set up a local environment for Solana program development
    • Use basic Solana CLI commands
    • Run a local test validator
    • Use Rust and the Solana CLI to deploy a Solana program from your local development environment
    • Use the Solana CLI to view program logs
  2. PDAs
    • Explain Program Derived Addresses (PDAs)
    • Explain various use cases of PDAs
    • Describe how PDAs are derived
    • Use PDA derivations to locate and retrieve data
  3. CPIs
    • Explain Cross-Program Invocations (CPIs)
    • Describe how to construct and use CPIs
    • Explain how a program provides a signature for a PDA
    • Avoid common pitfalls and troubleshoot common errors associated with CPIs
  4. Program Testing
    • Describe various ways to test Solana programs
    • Explain the difference between unit tests and integration tests
    • Debug Solana programs