Native Programs

10 pages in this section.

How raw solana-program programs work end to end: entrypoint, manual AccountInfo validation, instruction data, account I/O, CPI account creation, logging, and trade-offs versus frameworks.

Explainer Native Programs Native Account Validation

Native Program Basics

Structure of a raw `solana-program` program.

Rust Native Programs Basics Solana Program

The Entrypoint & Dispatch

Parsing instruction data and routing.

Rust Entrypoint Dispatch Instructions

Manual Account Validation

Rust Validation Security Accounts

Instruction Data (de)Serialization

Defining and parsing instruction enums.

Rust Borsh Instructions Serialization

Creating Accounts via CPI

Rust Cpi System Program Create Account

Reading & Writing Account Data

Borrowing, mutating, and serializing account bytes.

Rust Account Data Borsh Borrow

Emitting Logs

On-chain logging with `msg!` in native programs.

Rust Logging Msg Debugging

When to Go Native

Rust Native Anchor Decision

Native Programs Best Practices

Explicit, auditable, minimal programs.

Rust Native Programs Best Practices List

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