
## Overview

The Solana Cookbook is a comprehensive developer resource that offers the essential concepts and references for building applications on Solana. It provides recipes for accomplishing common programming tasks, code snippets and explanations, and examples addressing common use cases.

Key sections include:
- Getting started with Solana development
- Core concepts like transactions, accounts, and PDAs
- Working with tokens and NFTs
- Building dApps with Solana
- Advanced concepts like program security and optimization

This is an essential resource for any developer looking to build on Solana, providing practical guidance with focused, task-oriented explanations. 

A developer resource that provides the essential concepts and references for building applications on Solana.

The Solana Cookbook


- Intensive, remote live courses and teaching.
- 50 person cohorts, daily sessions, weekly homework and projects, mentorship and support.
- You get placed in a crypto job after successfully completing a bootcamp!


Encode Club Bootcamps

Building a metaverse owned and created by its users

Decentraland DAO Grants


To bring more projects, ideas and developers to grow the EPNS ecosystem even faster.

## 📑 Program details

To be considered for a grant, a project needs to be **open source, positively impact EPNS** and **not be involved in a for-profit work**.

Who can apply for grants (not limited to):

- Developers
- Independent teams

The grants are open for beginners and experienced people. Whatever your level of familiarity with development, we'll start the conversation in order to try to help and find ways to grow your contribution over time. 🚀

The program will have initially a small scope, funding target bounties. Overtime, if the program proves effective, the grant allocation can grow in scope. 📈

To provide grants to projects, ideas, and events that benefit EPNS and its ecosystem

EPNS Grants

Spark is a decentralized non-custodial liquidity market protocol where users can participate as suppliers or borrowers. 

Unveiling the Power of Spark Protocol: A Comprehensive Review


The journey of building a Cross-Platform Solana Wallet to learn the basics to interact with Solana Blockchain.

Blog post series to build step by step a Solana Wallet

Building in Public an Open Source Solana Wallet Cross-Platform App with Expo, Web3 and React Native


## Overview

Solana's high performance requires equally responsive frontend interfaces to deliver a smooth user experience. This guide explores modern frontend development patterns for Solana applications.

Key topics covered:

- Setting up a Next.js project for Solana development
- Implementing wallet connections with Solana Wallet Adapter
- Managing wallet state and connection lifecycle
- Executing transactions and signing messages
- Building responsive UIs with TailwindCSS
- Optimizing for mobile and desktop experiences
- Managing transaction states and providing user feedback
- Implementing error handling for various wallet scenarios

By the end of this tutorial, you'll have a solid foundation for creating polished, user-friendly interfaces for your Solana applications. The patterns covered here work with various wallet providers and are adaptable to different frontend frameworks, though React/Next.js currently offers the most comprehensive tooling support. 

Learn how to build responsive, user-friendly frontend interfaces for Solana dApps using Next.js, Solana Wallet Adapter, and other modern tools and libraries.

Creating Modern Frontend Applications for Solana


## Overview

This official Solana guide walks developers through building a full-stack decentralized application. It leverages the power of the Anchor framework for rapid Solana program development in Rust and uses React for a modern frontend experience.

Key learning points:
- Setting up an Anchor project.
- Defining program state and instructions with Anchor.
- Writing and testing Solana programs using Anchor's testing framework.
- Building a React frontend to interact with your deployed Solana program.
- Connecting a wallet and handling transactions on the client-side.
- Deploying both the on-chain program and the frontend application.

This tutorial is excellent for developers wanting a practical, hands-on approach to building end-to-end dApps on Solana. 

Learn how to build a complete decentralized application on Solana using React for the frontend and the Anchor framework for your on-chain programs.

Full-stack Solana Development with React and Anchor

SSX is a library that enables you to easily add user authentication, session management, and more to your dapp.

Getting started with SSX


This application will do the following operations:

- Connect to the Network
- Generate an Account
- Get the balance of the generated Account
- Request an Airdrop

Practical guide you will build a basic Wallet application with React and Web3 that will interact with Solana Network.

How to Build a Wallet Generator for Solana in React


## Overview

Efficiently querying blockchain data is crucial for dApp development. This tutorial explores how to use Solana's Geyser plugins to create custom indexers that track and store program data for efficient querying.

Key topics covered:

- Understanding Solana's account model and why indexing is necessary
- Setting up a Geyser plugin to track program accounts and transactions
- Storing indexed data in a PostgreSQL database
- Creating a simple API to query the indexed data
- Performance considerations and optimization strategies
- Comparison with other indexing solutions like RPC methods

By the end of this tutorial, you'll understand how to build a custom indexing solution for any Solana program, enabling your dApp to quickly retrieve relevant on-chain data without expensive RPC calls. 

Learn how to index and query Solana program data using Geyser plugins, the Solana protocol's native indexing solution.

Indexing Solana Programs with Geyser Plugins


## Overview

Understanding the architecture of Solana applications is essential for building scalable, performant dApps. This guide explains how Solana applications differ from traditional web applications and how the various components work together.

Key topics covered:

- Comparing traditional web architecture with Solana dApp architecture
- Understanding the role of on-chain programs vs. off-chain clients
- Designing data storage with Solana's account model
- Creating effective interfaces between frontend and on-chain logic
- Balancing on-chain and off-chain computation
- Managing state updates and user interactions
- Handling cross-program composition and security boundaries
- Scaling considerations for high-performance applications

Solana's architecture enables high-throughput, low-latency applications that can serve millions of users. Unlike traditional web applications with centralized servers and databases, Solana applications distribute computation and storage across a global network of validators, requiring different design patterns and architectural considerations. 

An in-depth exploration of Solana application architecture, contrasting with traditional web applications and explaining how on-chain and off-chain components interact.

Architecture of Modern Solana Applications


## Overview

The Solana Mobile Stack (SMS) provides a comprehensive toolkit for creating mobile-first Web3 experiences on Android. This tutorial guides you through building your first Solana mobile application using these tools.

Key topics covered:

- Setting up your development environment for Solana Mobile
- Understanding the Solana Mobile Stack architecture
- Implementing Mobile Wallet Adapter for secure transaction signing
- Using the Seed Vault for secure key management
- Building a React Native interface for your mobile dApp
- Testing with the Solana Mobile emulator and real devices
- Publishing your app to the Google Play Store

Mobile represents one of the biggest opportunities for bringing Web3 to mainstream users. With Solana's fast transactions and low fees, it's the ideal blockchain for mobile applications. This tutorial will help you leverage Solana's unique mobile capabilities to build engaging, responsive dApps for Android devices. 

Learn how to build mobile-first Web3 applications using the Solana Mobile Stack, Mobile Wallet Adapter, and Seed Vault for Android development.

Building Mobile dApps with Solana Mobile Stack


## Overview

While Rust is the primary language for Solana on-chain program development, Python offers a rich ecosystem for interacting with the Solana blockchain. This guide explores the Python libraries and tools available for Solana developers.

Key tools covered:

- **solders** - Python bindings to the Solana Rust codebase
- **solana-py** - Python API client for Solana
- **anchorpy** - Python client for Anchor programs
- **pytest-solana** - Testing framework for Solana Python applications

By the end of this guide, you'll understand how these Python tools can be used together to build applications that interact with the Solana blockchain. 

Explore the Python tools available for Solana development and learn how to use them for building Solana applications.

Solana Python Ecosystem Guide


## Overview

Svelte's reactive programming model pairs exceptionally well with Solana dApp development. This tutorial demonstrates how to integrate Solana wallet connections and blockchain interactions with Svelte's store system.

In this guide, you'll learn how to:

- Create custom Svelte stores that wrap Solana wallet connections
- Make reactive components that respond to Solana blockchain state changes
- Implement wallet adapter functionality in a Svelte application
- Structure your project for maintaining multiple Solana program connections
- Build a complete Solana dApp with wallet connection, SOL transfers, and token displays

The resulting application provides a smooth user experience with Solana's high-performance blockchain, leveraging Svelte's minimal overhead and intuitive reactivity system. 

Learn how to create modern, reactive Solana applications using Svelte stores and the Solana Web3.js library

Building Solana dApps with Svelte and Solana-Web3.js


## Overview

Solana Name Service (SNS) allows users to register human-readable names for their Solana addresses, similar to how DNS works for websites. This tutorial shows you how to enhance your SNS domains by setting an NFT you own as your profile picture.

Key topics covered:

- Understanding how Solana Name Service works
- Connecting your wallet and finding your SNS domains
- Setting an NFT from your collection as your profile picture
- Implementing SNS profile pictures in your dApp
- Resolving SNS domains and profile pictures in your front-end application

This integration makes your dApps more user-friendly by displaying recognizable names and profile pictures instead of cryptic wallet addresses. 

Learn how to set an NFT you own as your profile picture with Solana Name Service and integrate it into your dApps.

Using Solana Name Service (SNS) for NFT Profile Pictures


This tutorial walks through three integration scenarios for implementing social logins (via Particle Network) within an application. Specifically, this 12-minute video dives into using Particle Auth, Particle Connect, and Particle Network's `wallet-adapter` integration on Solana. Each of these mechanisms use MPC-TSS to onboard a user within a secure wallet derived from social login, such as Google, Twitter, email, GitHub, etc.

Supercharging UX through Wallet-as-a-Service, exploring three integration scenarios.

Onboarding through Social Logins with Particle Network

A video tutorial for JavaScript developers

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📚 The Solana Cookbook