Anchor Basics

9 pages in this section.

What Anchor is, how the program module and Accounts structs work together, the local-to-mainnet workflow, project layout, build and deploy, and when native still wins.

Explainer Anchor Basics Anchor Accounts Struct

Anchor Basics

The framework, its guarantees, and your first program.

Rust Anchor Basics Basics Anchor

Project Structure

`programs/`, `tests/`, `Anchor.toml`, and the workspace.

Rust Anchor Basics Project Workspace

The #[program] Module

Instruction handlers and the program entrypoint.

Rust Anchor Basics Program Handlers

The Accounts Struct

Declarative account validation at a glance.

Rust Anchor Basics Accounts Constraints

Building & Deploying

`anchor build`, `anchor deploy`, and the IDL.

Rust Anchor Basics Build Deploy

The Anchor Workflow

Localnet, tests, and iteration.

Rust Anchor Basics List Decision Tree

Anchor vs Native

What Anchor generates for you.

Rust Anchor Basics Native Comparison

Anchor Basics Best Practices

A clean starting structure.

Rust Anchor Basics Basics List

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