Solana Blockchain Developer Bootcamp with Rust + JavaScript

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Your guide to understanding Solana and the blockchain

Lecture 1: Applications of Solana in 2 minutes

Lecture 2: Introduction to the blockchain

Lecture 3: Introduction to Solana

Lecture 4: Where to find course resources

Chapter 2: PROJECT – Airdropping

Lecture 1: Project intro + theory on wallets and airdropping

Lecture 2: Set-up for this project

Lecture 3: Environment set-up

Lecture 4: Create your own wallet

Lecture 5: Retrieve your wallet's credentials

Lecture 6: Get the balance of your wallet

Lecture 7: Send yourself some SOL

Chapter 3: DEFI PROJECT – Launch your own cryptocurrency

Lecture 1: Project intro + theory on tokens and programs

Lecture 2: Set-up for this project

Lecture 3: Install the Solana Program Library

Lecture 4: Create your own wallet and check on Solana Explorer

Lecture 5: Create a token

Lecture 6: Mint your token

Lecture 7: Limit the total supply of your token and burn your token

Lecture 8: Send your token to your friends with the Phantom wallet

Chapter 4: PROJECT – Write and test a *custom* Solana program

Lecture 1: Project intro + theory on custom programs and accounts

Lecture 2: Set-up for this project

Lecture 3: Set up an Anchor project

Lecture 4: Write the "create" function for your calculator

Lecture 5: Specify the context of your "create" function

Lecture 6: Specify the calculator account structure

Lecture 7: Write Mocha tests for your "create" function

Lecture 8: Write the "addition" function for your calculator

Lecture 9: Write Mocha tests for your "addition" function

Lecture 10: Your turn!

Lecture 11: Solution walk-through

Chapter 5: DEFI PROJECT – Launch GoFundMe as a Web3 dapp

Lecture 1: Project intro + theory on program-derived accounts

Lecture 2: Set-up for this project

Lecture 3: Set up an Anchor project

Lecture 4: Create a crowdfunding campaign

Lecture 5: Specify the context for the "create" function

Lecture 6: Define the structure of a crowdfunding campaign

Lecture 7: Withdraw money from a crowdfunding campaign

Lecture 8: Donate money to a crowdfunding campaign

Lecture 9: Deploy your dapp to the devnet

Lecture 10: Set up a blank React project

Lecture 11: Add a "Connect wallet" button to your web app

Lecture 12: Create a campaign from the web app

Lecture 13: Display all created campaigns on the web app

Lecture 14: Donate to a campaign from the web app

Lecture 15: Withdraw from a campaign from the web app

Chapter 6: PROJECT – Stake your SOL with JavaScript

Lecture 1: Project intro + theory on staking

Lecture 2: Set-up for this project

Lecture 3: View current and delinquent validators

Lecture 4: Create a new stake account

Lecture 5: Delegate your stake to a validator

Lecture 6: Check out the delegators for a specific validator

Lecture 7: Deactivate your stake account

Lecture 8: Withdraw SOL from your stake account

Chapter 7: NFT PROJECT – Develop a full web app to sell your custom NFTs

Lecture 1: Project intro + theory on NFTs and Metaplex Candy Machine

Lecture 2: Set-up for this project

Lecture 3: Grab the starter code

Lecture 4: Retrieve the Solana object in your web app

Lecture 5: Connect your Phantom wallet to your web app

Lecture 6: Install the Metaplex CLI

Lecture 7: Design your custom NFTs

Lecture 8: Copy the NFT JSON structure

Lecture 9: Deploy your NFTs to the devnet

Lecture 10: Copy the structure for "config.json"

Lecture 11: Call your Candy Machine from your web app – part 1

Lecture 12: Call your Candy Machine from your web app – part 2

Lecture 13: Render NFT info on your web app

Lecture 14: Copy this code for "setCandyMachine()"

Lecture 15: Mint an NFT from your web app

Chapter 8: DAPP PROJECT – Deploy a Web3 version of GIPHY

Lecture 1: Project intro + theory on Web3 and dapps

Lecture 2: Set-up for this project

Lecture 3: Run the starter code

Lecture 4: Connect to your Phantom wallet from your web app

Lecture 5: Build the GIF wall

Lecture 6: Write and test a basic Solana program

Lecture 7: Store GIF data on the blockchain – part 1

Lecture 8: Store GIF data on the blockchain – part 2

Lecture 9: Deploy your dapp to the devnet

Lecture 10: Hook up your web app with your Solana program – part 1

Lecture 11: Hook up your web app with your Solana program – part 2

Lecture 12: Extension challenges!

Chapter 9: CHAINLINK PROJECT – Retrieve real-time exchange rates with Solana

Lecture 1: Project intro + theory on Chainlink

Lecture 2: Set-up for this project

Lecture 3: Write the logic for retrieving exchange rates

Lecture 4: Update on Cargo.toml

Lecture 5: Specify the context of your "execute" function

Lecture 6: Specify the result account structure

Lecture 7: Write Mocha tests for your "execute" function

Lecture 8: Copy the Chainlink program ID

Lecture 9: Compile and run your program

Chapter 10: BONUS – Read and write basic data on the Terra blockchain

Lecture 1: About this bonus project