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Anchor Programs

Learning Module

Anchor Programs

Learn Anchor from setup and core concepts through PDAs, CPIs, token flows, and guided projects.

12 lessons
Overview

Anchor Programs

Build production-minded Solana programs with Anchor using clear account models, validation, tests, and project work.

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Setup

Anchor Local Setup

Install and verify Solana, Rust, and Anchor, create a workspace, and run your first local tests end to end.

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Theory

Anchor Program Anatomy

Learn what each file in an Anchor workspace does and how a method call becomes an on-chain state change.

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Theory

Anchor Core Concepts

Understand instructions, accounts, signers, and constraints before writing your first real program.

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Exercise

First Anchor Program

Build a small stateful program one instruction at a time and verify each step with tests.

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Theory

PDAs and Seed Derivation

Use deterministic account addresses safely with clear seed design, bumps, and update rules.

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Theory

SPL Token Integration with Anchor

Work with mints, token accounts, and safer token constraints across Token and Token-2022.

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Theory

Cross-Program Invocations

Call other programs safely and reason about CPI contexts, signer seeds, and delegated authority.

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Project

Token Minting and Supply Control

Combine PDAs, token CPI, and supply rules in one guided Anchor build.

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Project

Escrow with a PDA Vault

Build a stronger state machine with a vault PDA, release rules, and failure-path testing.

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Theory

Anchor Development Ergonomics

Make programs easier to trust with better constraints, errors, events, and testing habits.

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Project

DeFi Integration Capstone

Use the full Anchor toolchain in an optional capstone once the main path feels solid.

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