Develop TypeScript library

[amorriscode]

The Axolotl TypeScript library will be used to:

• Provide Solana/Rust types to the user's TypeScript code
• Provide helper functions that are useful for developing Solana programs

Types

Since Axolotl programs are written with TypeScript, we can provide types to the users. For Seahorse programs, the types are included in a static file next to your Anchor program.

Rust data types

Refer to the Rust documentation for data types.

Anchor has defined JavaScript --> Rust types. We'll be taking as much inspiration from their implementation as possible. Integers greater than 32 bytes will utilize bn.js, common for both Anchor and Solana.

Solana types

• [ ] Pubkey
  • 32-byte account identifier
  • Source
• [x] AccountInfo
  • Account information
  • Source
• [ ] Signer
• [ ] Program
  • Used for CPI
  • Source
• [ ] Clock
  • Information about the network's time
  • Source
• [ ] TokenAccount
• [ ] TokenMint

@solana/web3.js has a lot of classes and types that we will likely be able to utilize/export from Axolotl.

Anchor types

• [ ] Accounts struct
  • Source
• [ ] Context
  • Source
• [ ] Errors

Helper functions

• [ ] declare_id / ID helpers
  • Generated by Anchor
  • Instead of a user dealing with this, let's programmatically manage it with .env or something similar
• [ ] Helpers related to lamports?

Release

• [ ] Released under @axolotl/sol

[amorriscode]

There's a lot of great work done on @polkadot/types-codec that can help develop the Rust data types.