A comprehensive guide for Rust developers to begin building on the Solana blockchain. Covers setting up the environment, writing your first program, and deploying to devnet.

Overview

This tutorial from the official Solana documentation guides Rust developers through the initial steps of setting up a local development environment for Solana. It covers installing the Solana tool suite, Rust, and other necessary dependencies.

Key learning points:

• Installing Solana CLI.
• Setting up Rust for Solana development.
• Configuring your first Solana wallet.
• Building and deploying a "Hello, World!" program to a local validator and devnet.
• Basic Solana CLI commands for cluster interaction and program deployment.

This is an essential starting point for any Rust developer looking to dive into Solana programming.