First Romanian Solana Developers Program C2

Barbu Angelo-Gabriel - angelo.barbu123@gmail.com - 2024

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Prerequisites
3. Course Labs
   • Course 1 - Loading and Saving Keypairs
   • Course 2 - Using Solana Devnet
   • Course 3 - Transactions
   • Course 4 - Token Minting
   • Course 5 - Creating Token Metadata
   • Course 6 - Introduction to Rust
   • Course 7 - Local Program Development
   • Course 8 - On-Chain Programming
   • Course 9 - 10 - Anchor and Tokens
   • Course 11 - Wallets and Frontend Development

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Introduction

Personal repository with my progress during the First Romanian Solana Developers Program C2, containing the implementation of the courses' labs and the project. The repository is forked to the program's organisation.

Prerequisites

The following prerequisites apply for a macOS 15 system.

• Node.js 20
• Rust 1.76
• Solana CLI 1.18
• Anchor 0.3

For Windows systems, Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 is required.

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Course Labs

Course 1 - Loading and Saving Keypairs

Dependencies:

• @solana/web3.js
• @solana-developers/helpers
• esrun
• dotenv

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Commands:

1. Install dependencies

npm install

2. Run key generator script

npx esrun generate-keypair.ts

3. Save generated secret key to .env file

SECRET_KEY="[
   36, 236,  50,  70,   4, 204, 164, 134,   3, 170, 249,
   58, 130,  54, 251, 194,  78, 134, 241,  33,  78,  79,
   61, 205, 150,  55, 234, 102, 251,  81, 149,   1,  75,
  127, 114, 102,  75, 237, 248,  23, 138, 134, 214,  86,
  223, 134,  81, 234, 229, 134,  90, 197,  35,  59, 228,
   65,  83,  11, 235,  43,  97, 207,  45, 167
]"

4. Run key loader script

npx esrun load-keypair.ts

Course 2 - Using Solana Devnet

Dependencies

• @solana-developers/helpers
• @solana/web3.js
• esrun
• dotenv

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Commands:

1. Install dependencies

npm install

2. Checking account balance using Solana CLI

solana account <PUBLIC_KEY>

3. Run check-balance.ts script

npx esrun check-balance.ts

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Utils

• Config Solana Cluster to devnet

solana config set --url https://api.devnet.solana.com

Course 3 - Transactions

Dependencies:

• @solana/web3.js
• @solana-developers/helpers
• @solana/spl-memo
• esrun
• dotenv

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Commands:

1. Install dependencies

npm install

2. Send airdrop to sender public key using Solana Devnet Faucet or check-balance.ts from Course 2 - Using Solana Devnet

3. Run transfer script

npx esrun transfer.ts

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Utils

• Accounts, Transactions, Programs, Tokens, Blocks can be checked out at Solana Explorer

Course 4 - Token Minting

Dependencies:

• @solana/web3.js
• @solana-developers/helpers
• @solana/spl-token
• esrun
• dotenv

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Commands:

1. Install dependencies

npm install

2. Create Token Mint

npx esrun create-token-mint.ts

3. Create a destination token account owned by another account

npx esrun create-token-account.ts

4. Mint tokens to the destination token account created previously

npx esrun mint-tokens.ts

5. Transfer tokens from one account to another

npx esrun mint-tokens.ts

Note: Important Public Keys

TOKEN_MINT: "CzbDpanY5DBcMGwPETdm1N82cZ8cFMLj6NpwMFaXXLLW"
MINT_AUTHORITY: "65iHwGLu5SJjGfKRACwn28f4PJ15uWureEaFTUPKiBQ2"

SRC_ACCOUNT: "GENC37uWEWWKTitsUSDu4hth9xC7yUwxxN45oYbWYngn"
SRC_TOKEN_ACCOUNT: "2N5BAGtJqaEkPWLeNHKYDS5tha5Wouerzzm4DEARhPj7"
DST_ACCOUNT: "BMdqZbo8oJrHRps5SBvyJGSF7BCa6CNxgA7piumsxAim"
DST_TOKEN_ACCOUNT: "EvjmoASQ55j9jVAo1FBVz2wkKa3jwsveibhvd46tfUN5"

Important Secret Keys available in .env file

Course 5 - Creating Token Metadata

Dependencies:

• @metaplex-foundation/mpl-token-metadata
• @metaplex-foundation/umi-bundle-defaults
• @metaplex-foundation/umi-uploader-irys
• @solana/web3.js ^1.95.4
• @solana-developers/helpers
• esrun
• dotenv

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Contents:

• upload-image.ts uploads the image off-chain and gets the URI
• upload-metadata.ts uploads the NFT's metadata offchain and gets the metadata's URI
• mint-nft mints the NFT containing the data, the metadata and the image for the NFT on-chain and gets the transaction ID
• index.ts mainfile used to call all the implemented functions and successfully mint the NFT

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Commands:

1. Install dependencies

npm install

2. Run the main script

npx esrun index.ts

Course 6 - Introduction to Rust

Dependencies:

• Rust
• Cargo
• Rustlings

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Contents:

• rustlings exercises finished from 00_intro to 09_strings (including quiz1).

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Commands:

1. Install and initialise rustlings

   cargo install rustlings
   rustlings init

2. Run rustlings to see exercises' progress

rustlings

Course 7 - Local Program Development

Dependencies:

• Rust
• Anchor
• Solana CLI
• Yarn

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Notes:

• Downgrade to Solana 1.18.25 to have no issues with commands such as anchor-build, solana-keygen etc.

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Commands:

1. Initialise Anchor project

   anchor init anchor_test --template single

2. Build Anchor project

   cd anchor_test
   anchor build

3. Deploy Program to Devnet

   anchor deploy --provider.cluster devnet

Note: Make sure your program account has sufficient SOL balance (use Solana Devnet Faucet) and a Solana Keygen configured. If not, run:

   solana-keygen new -o /Users/user/.config/solana/id.json

4. Run test

   anchor test

Note: Make sure your Anchor.toml cluster provider is devnet or use the flag --provider.cluster devnet.

Course 8 - On-Chain Programming

Dependencies:

• Rust
• Anchor
• Solana CLI
• Yarn

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Notes & Contents:

• Downgrade to Solana 1.18.25 to have no issues with commands such as anchor-build, solana-keygen etc.
• Simple Solana Program that sets account's favorites and tests the method

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Commands:

1. Run the test

   anchor test

Course 9 - 10 - Anchor and Tokens

Dependencies:

• Rust
• Anchor
• Solana CLI
• Yarn
• @solana-developers/helpers
• @solana/spl-token

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Notes & Contents:

• Downgrade to Solana 1.18.25 to have no issues with commands such as anchor-build, solana-keygen etc.
• Solana Program working as an escrow that mediates the transfer between two entities that want to exchange tokens.

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Commands:

1. Initialise Anchor project

   anchor init escrow --template=multiple

2. Install NPM dependencies

   npm install

3. Run the tests

   anchor test

Course 11 - Wallets and Frontend Development

Dependencies:

• Next.js
• React.js
• "@solana/web3.js"
• "@solana/wallet-adapter" libraries

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Notes & Contents:

• NextJs project cloned from this repository.
• Added Connect button for Solana wallet.
• Added Bonus functionality to send amount of SOL to recipient address from the connected wallet.

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Commands:

1. Install dependencies

   npm install

2. Build Next.js project

   npm run build

3. Start the project

   npm run start

Note: Project is running on localhost:3000