Getting started with Solana & Anchor

Solana smart contract implementation

Consider alternatives for the Mantic tech stack here.

• Database schema
  • Firebase
    • We are all familiar with it!
    • Incorporates other products like auth and cloud functions that make it easy to move quickly
  • GraphQL
    • Might be more future-proof
    • Can plug into dapps that index the blockchain, since they all seem to use GraphQL
• Solana blockchain indexing
  • The Graph (hasn't launched Solana integration yet, but is leader)
  • Aleph
• FE framework
  • React
    • React framework
      • Nextjs
        • More powerful, less opinionated
        • Server side rendering
        • Hot reload that works
        • More development activity
        • More future-proof because their mission broader
      • Gatsby
        • Intelligent choices for tech including GraphQL
        • Simpler static site only
        • Faster page load
      • Comparison
        • https://nextjs.org/docs/migrating/from-gatsby
        • https://medium.com/eincode/next-js-vs-gatsby-js-frameworks-all-you-need-to-know-4147f36ed915
  • Vue
    • https://www.monterail.com/blog/vue-vs-react-2021
    • Vite — bundler
      • https://vitejs.dev/
• CSS framework
  • Tailwind
    • Works well with component-focused structure (one file components)
    • We would probably need to buy their component library, but it looks well-done.
      • It even has whole landing page sections. We could use it now to build our landing page.
  • Bulma
  • Material
• Hosting
  • Netlify
  • Firebase Hosting
  • Vercel
• Collecting emails
  • Mailchimp
    • Throne was booted off for spamming
  • ConvertKit
  • Mailjet
• Auth
  • Clerk