Solana Programming

Solana Virtual Machine Programs.

Roadmap to becoming a Solana Engineer.

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• Dev Environment
• Scaffold Nextjs Anchor

Related

Related knowledge schema:

• Solana Blockchain
• Chain Decisions
• Web3 Principles

Roadmap

• Fundamentals
• App Development
  • DeFi Apps
  • NFT Apps
• Program Developer
• Unnecessary

Fundamentals

Must be understood by all Solana Developers.

• Keypairs
• Transactions
• Wallets
• Solana CLI
• RPC Interaction

App Development

Web Development but interface with Solana Blockchain and Wallets.

• Interaction Model (wallet-client-rpc-program)
• Solana web3.js
• Solana Program library
• SPL-token CLI
• Token extensions

DeFi Apps

• Solana web3.js
• RPC APIs - Tokens
• Oracles
• Automated Market Makers
• Openbook

NFT Apps

• RPC APIs - NFTs
• candy-machine
• sugar-CLI
• ShdwDrive
• Compression

Program Developer

Knowledge of Rust and Solana, covering:

• GNU/Linux setup
• Rust env + syntax
• State management
• PDAs (Program Derived Addresses)
• CPIs (Cross Program Invocations)
• Anchor
• IDLs
• Oracles
• Security

Unnecessary

• Proof of History
• Solana's consensus mechanism
• Tower BFT
• Pipelining
• Cloudbreak
• Gulfstream
• Cryptography
• Validator management

Roadmaps

Documentation

• Frontend App Course by Helius
  • solana/web3.js
  • solana/spl-token
  • solana/wallet-adapter-react

Learning

• EVM to SVM Complete Guide
• Almost Efficient Roadmap
• Abdullah Raza
• Solana Bootcamp
• Coding Crypto
• Sol Andy

Projects

Open source projects to learn from.

• Awesome Solana OSS

Attachments

• Flow Diagrams