Solana Developer Content

This repo is the open source home of content for developers looking to learn and
develop on the Solana blockchain.

These markdown based content posts are gathered from contributors from around
the Solana ecosystem and displayed on
solana.com/developers for all to learn from.

Setup Instructions

This repository contains only the markdown files for content. The content is
rendered through a separate UI repository.

1. Clone this repository (developer-content)
2. Clone the UI repository:
   solana-com
3. Run both repositories locally to view the rendered content

In the solana-com repo, you must add the following .env variable:

NEXT_PUBLIC_DEVELOPER_CONTENT_API_URL="http://localhost:3001"

Structure

There are a few primary types of Solana Developer content within this repo:

• courses - multiple lessons comprehensively covering a given
  topic, with both a theory section and an interactive lab for each lesson
• docs - the core documentation for the
  Solana blockchain
• guides - long form tutorials focused on a specific
  topic related to Solana development, like building dApps and programs
• resources - collection of popular frameworks, SDKs,
  documentation sites, and developer tools from around the ecosystem

Courses

Docs

The core Solana Documentation is housed within this
repo, including the documentation for the
Solana RPC methods.

Validator Docs

The "core documentation" within this repo is generalized to the Solana protocol
as a whole and not the specific implementations of any given Validator client.

For specific validator clients, consult their respective documentation:

Validator Client	Repo	Website
Anza's Agave	Repo	Website
Jump Crypto's Firedancer	Repo	Website

Developer Guides

The Solana Developer guides teach new
and experienced developers how to build on Solana. They teach various
programming concepts on Solana and often dive into popular SDKs and provide code
examples to build dApps.

Each developer guide is typically focused on a specific topic or concept.

If you are interested in submitting a new developer guide, please consult the
contributing guide section for
Submitting a Guide. .

Developer Resources

The Solana Developer resources within
this repo are meant to be a public directory of resources. Our goal is to help
anyone discover the various developer tools, sdks, tooling, and frameworks that
exist within the Solana ecosystem.

The developer resources within this directory are not normally maintained by the
same maintainers of this repo.

If you are having issues with a specific resource, content their maintainers. Do
not open an issue on this repo, unless to update, add, or remove a resource's
information within our directory.

If you are interested in submitting a new developer resource, please consult the
contributing guide section for
Submitting a Resource.

Contributing

We love your input! We want to make contributing to Solana developer content as
easy and transparent as possible, whether it's:

• Reporting a bug
• Discussing the current content
• Submitting a fix for existing content
• Proposing new content to be added

Please read our CONTRIBUTING page to see how you can
contribute.

Maintainers

This Solana Developer content is maintained by the
Solana Foundation.