Rust: Smart Contracts on Solana

​🚀 Ready to take your Rust skills to the blockchain?

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​In this next session, we’ll take the Rust foundations you’ve built and apply them to real-world smart contract development on Solana. You’ll learn how to write, deploy, and interact with Solana programs using Rust — the language that powers some of the fastest and safest blockchain code in the world.

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​Through live coding and guided exercises, you’ll get hands-on experience building Solana smart contracts (programs), managing accounts, and understanding Solana’s runtime model.

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​🧠 What You’ll Learn

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• ​The architecture of Solana programs and accounts

• ​How to write and test smart contracts in Rust

• ​Handling program errors safely with Result, ?, and thiserror

• ​Using traits and modular design for clean, reusable on-chain logic

• ​Building and deploying Solana programs locally with solana-test-validator

• ​Best practices for secure and maintainable Solana code

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​👩‍💻 Who It’s For

​Developers who’ve completed the Rust intro or already understand the basics — variables, functions, ownership, and collections — and are ready to dive into blockchain development.

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​✨ Why Attend

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• ​Learn how real Solana programs are structured in Rust

• ​Understand Solana’s account model and transaction flow

• ​Gain hands-on experience deploying your own smart contract

• ​Build confidence to explore advanced Solana topics like CPI, PDAs, and Anchor

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​🔗 What to Bring

• ​Laptop with Rust and Solana CLI installed (rustup, solana-install)

• ​A text editor or IDE like VS Code

• ​Curiosity and focus — we’ll code through practical on-chain examples together 😄