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Solana Basics Workshop

Solana Basics Workshop is a public source-code workshop that teaches basic Solana blockchain interactions through TypeScript scripts using Node.js, npm and Solana web3.js v1.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use it when learning or reviewing basic Solana interactions through a local TypeScript codebase, especially the progression from blockchain reads to transaction examples.

Who it is for

  • Developers learning Solana blockchain interaction with JavaScript or TypeScript.
  • Learners who want code examples for reading account data and constructing transactions.

Documented uses

  • Read account balances and other blockchain data.
  • Generate a keypair and construct, sign, send and confirm a simple transaction.
  • Study how to build a transaction containing multiple instructions.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The repository is public and provides local setup instructions using Node.js and npm.

  • The documented stack is TypeScript, Node.js, npm and Solana web3.js v1.
  • The README gives a recommended three-script progression and a command pattern for running included scripts.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Set up the workshop and follow its example sequence

Prepare the local repository and identify the three scripts in the recommended learning order.

Before you start

  • A local environment with Node.js and npm.
  • Access to the public workshop repository.

Steps

  1. Clone the repository to your local system.

  2. Install the packages with npm install.

  3. Explore scripts/0.basics.ts, scripts/1.simpleTransaction.ts and scripts/2.complexTransaction.ts in that order.

Expected outcome

The local workshop is prepared, and its examples are arranged from basic Solana interactions through simple and multi-instruction transactions.

Guide limitations

  • These steps describe setup and code exploration; they do not establish that the scripts have been run successfully in any particular environment.
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