solana-foundation · GuiBibeau · Jun 30, 2025 · Jun 27, 2025
diff --git a/courses/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-1-rust-setup-basics.md b/courses/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-1-rust-setup-basics.md
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
 ## Homework
 
 - Complete [Rustlings](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings) exercises:
-  - `intro/*` (2 exercises)
-  - `variables/*` (6 exercises)
-  - `functions/*` (5 exercises)
+  - [`intro/*`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/tree/main/exercises/00_intro) (2 exercises)
+  - [`variables/*`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/tree/main/exercises/01_variables) (6 exercises)
+  - [`functions/*`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/tree/main/exercises/02_functions) (5 exercises)
 - Build a transaction fee calculator CLI:
   - Accept transaction amount as argument
   - Calculate fee (1.5% of amount)

diff --git a/courses/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-10-web-development-axum.md b/courses/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-10-web-development-axum.md
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
 
 ## Reading Assignment
 
-- Axum documentation
-- Web Programming with Rust guide
+- [Axum documentation](https://docs.rs/axum/latest/axum/)
+- [Web Programming with Rust guide](https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Rust-Web-Programming-2nd-Edition)
 
 ## Homework
 
 - Build a multi-endpoint API server with at least 5 routes
 - Add authentication middleware that checks API key in headers.
 - Study these [Axum examples](https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/tree/main/examples):
-  - `hello-world`
-  - `todos` (CRUD operations)
-  - `jwt` (authentication patterns)
+  - [`hello-world`](https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/tree/main/examples/hello-world)
+  - [`todos`](https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/tree/main/examples/todos) (CRUD operations)
+  - [`jwt`](https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/tree/main/examples/jwt) (authentication patterns)
diff --git a/courses/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-11-json-apis-networking.md b/courses/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-11-json-apis-networking.md
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 
 ## Reading Assignment
 
-- Serde documentation
-- RESTful API design principles
+- [Serde documentation](https://docs.rs/serde/latest/serde/trait.Serialize.html)
+- [RESTful API design principles](https://restfulapi.net/)
 
 ## Homework
 

diff --git a/...asics-for-solana-development/modules/week-13-blockchain-integration-optional.md b/...asics-for-solana-development/modules/week-13-blockchain-integration-optional.md
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 
 ## Reading Assignment
 
-- Solana documentation basics
-- RPC API reference
+- [Solana documentation basics](https://solana.com/docs/intro/quick-start)
+- [RPC API reference](https://developer.bitcoin.org/reference/rpc/)
 
 ## Homework
 

diff --git a/.../rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-14-performance-optimization.md b/.../rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-14-performance-optimization.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 ## Reading Assignment
 
-- Rust Performance Book
+- [Rust Performance Book](https://nnethercote.github.io/perf-book/)
 - Async optimization guides
 
 ## Homework

diff --git a/courses/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-2-control-flow-memory.md b/courses/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-2-control-flow-memory.md
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@
   - Check if height is "special" (divisible by 1000)
   - Use both if/else and match statements
 - Complete these [Rustlings](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings) exercises:
-  - `primitive_types/*` (all 6 exercises)
-  - `strings/*` (all 4 exercises - String vs &str)
-  - `if/*` (all 3 exercises)
+  - [`primitive_types/*`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/tree/main/exercises/04_primitive_types) (all 6 exercises)
+  - [`strings/*`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/tree/main/exercises/09_strings) (all 4 exercises - String vs &str)
+  - [`if/*`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/tree/main/exercises/03_if) (all 3 exercises)
diff --git a/courses/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-3-ownership-borrowing.md b/courses/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-3-ownership-borrowing.md
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
 
 ## Reading Assignment
 
-- The Rust Book: Chapter 4.3-4.5
+- [The Rust Book: Chapter 4.1-4.3](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch04-00-understanding-ownership.html)
 - ["Understanding Ownership" video series](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFIOSWy93H0)
 
 ## Homework
 
 - Complete these ownership exercises:
-  - [Rustlings](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings): `move_semantics1-6.rs` (all 6)
+  - [Rustlings](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/tree/main/exercises/06_move_semantics): `move_semantics1-6.rs` (all 6)
   - [100 Exercises to Learn Rust](https://rust-exercises.com/100-exercises/): Exercises 20-25 (Ownership)
-  - [Interactive Rust Book](https://rust-book.cs.brown.edu/): Chapter 4 quizzes (all 5 quizzes)
+  - [Interactive Rust Book](https://rust-book.cs.brown.edu/ch04-01-what-is-ownership.html): Chapter 4 quizzes (all 5 quizzes)
diff --git a/courses/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-4-lifetimes-structs.md b/courses/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-4-lifetimes-structs.md
@@ -23,13 +23,16 @@
 
 ## Reading Assignment
 
-- The Rust Book: Chapters 5, 10.3
-- Rust by Example: Structures section
+- [The Rust Book: Chapter 5](https://rust-book.cs.brown.edu/ch05-00-structs.html)
+- [The Rust Book: Chapter 10.3](https://rust-book.cs.brown.edu/ch10-03-lifetime-syntax.html)
+- [Rust by Example: Structures section](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rust-by-example/custom_types/structs.html)
 
 ## Homework
 
 - Complete these exercises:
-  - [Rustlings](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings): `structs1-3.rs`, `lifetimes1-3.rs` (6 exercises total)
-  - [Exercism Rust Track](https://exercism.org/tracks/rust): "Clock" (struct with methods)
+  - [Rustlings](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings): 
+    - [`structs1-3.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/tree/main/exercises/07_structs) 
+    - [`lifetimes1-3.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/tree/main/exercises/16_lifetimes) (6 exercises total)
+  - [Exercism Rust Track](https://exercism.org/tracks/rust/exercises/clock): "Clock" (struct with methods)
   - Create 3 functions that won't compile without lifetime annotations, then fix them
 - [100 Exercises to Learn Rust](https://rust-exercises.com/100-exercises/): Exercises 25-30 (lifetimes)
diff --git a/...ses/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-5-enums-pattern-matching.md b/...ses/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-5-enums-pattern-matching.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 - Define and use enums effectively
 - Master pattern matching syntax
-- Work with Option<T> type
+- Work with Option type
 - Understand exhaustive matching
 
 ## Topics Covered
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@
 
 ## Reading Assignment
 
-- The Rust Book: Chapter 6
-- Rust by Example: match/patterns
+- [The Rust Book: Chapter 6](https://rust-book.cs.brown.edu/ch06-00-enums.html)
+- [Rust by Example: match/patterns](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rust-by-example/flow_control/match.html)
 
 ## Homework
 
 - Implement a simple state machine using enums (Traffic Light with at least 4 states and transitions)
 - Complete enum and pattern matching exercises:
-  - [Rustlings](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings): `enums1-3.rs`, `matches1-3.rs` (6 exercises)
+  - [Rustlings](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings):
+    -  [`enums1-3.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/tree/main/exercises/08_enums)
   - [Exercism Rust Track](https://exercism.org/tracks/rust): "Matching Brackets" exercise
   - [100 Exercises to Learn Rust](https://rust-exercises.com/100-exercises/): Exercises 35-38 (Pattern Matching)
diff --git a/courses/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-6-error-handling-result.md b/courses/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-6-error-handling-result.md
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@
 
 ## Reading Assignment
 
-- The Rust Book: Chapter 9
-- Error Handling in Rust blog posts
+- [The Rust Book: Chapter 9](https://rust-book.cs.brown.edu/ch09-00-error-handling.html)
 
 ## Homework
 
 - Create a file parser with robust error handling (CSV or JSON, handle 5+ error types)
 - Complete these error handling exercises:
-  - [Rustlings](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings): `errors1-6.rs`, `options1-3.rs` (9 exercises)
+  - [Rustlings](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings): 
+    - [`errors1-6.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/tree/main/exercises/13_error_handling)
+    -  [`options1-3.rs`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/tree/main/exercises/12_options) (9 exercises)
   - [100 Exercises to Learn Rust](https://rust-exercises.com/100-exercises/): Exercises 40-45 (Error Handling)
-  - [Exercism Rust Track](https://exercism.org/tracks/rust): "Anagram" (practice with Result)
+  - [Exercism Rust Track](https://exercism.org/tracks/rust/exercises/anagram): "Anagram" (practice with Result)
diff --git a/courses/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-7-collections-iterators.md b/courses/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-7-collections-iterators.md
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
 
 ## Reading Assignment
 
-- The Rust Book: Chapter 8, 13.2
-- Rust by Example: Collections
+- [The Rust Book: Chapter 8](https://rust-book.cs.brown.edu/ch08-00-common-collections.html)
+- [The Rust Book: Chapter 13.2](https://rust-book.cs.brown.edu/ch13-02-iterators.html)
+- [Rust by Example: Collections](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch08-00-common-collections.html)
 
 ## Homework
 
@@ -33,8 +34,13 @@
   - Search functionality using iterators
   - Export/import to JSON
 - Complete these iterator exercises:
-  - [Rustlings](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings): `vec1-2.rs`, `hashmap1-3.rs`, `iterators1-5.rs` (10 exercises)
-  - [Exercism Rust Track](https://exercism.org/tracks/rust):
-    - "Accumulate" (iterator basics)
-    - "Series" (iterator windows)
-    - "Parallel Letter Frequency" (advanced iterators)
+  - **[Rustlings](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings)**
+  - [`vec1–vec2`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/tree/main/exercises/05_vecs)
+  - [`hashmap1–hashmap3`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/tree/main/exercises/11_hashmaps)
+  - [`iterators1–iterators5` (10 exercises)](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/tree/main/exercises/18_iterators)
+
+- **[Exercism Rust Track](https://exercism.org/tracks/rust)**
+  - [“Accumulate” — iterator basics](https://exercism.org/tracks/rust/exercises/accumulate)
+  - [“Series” — iterator windows](https://exercism.org/tracks/rust/exercises/series)
+  - [“Parallel Letter Frequency” — advanced iterators](https://exercism.org/tracks/rust/exercises/parallel-letter-frequency)
+
diff --git a/...s/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-8-closures-generics-traits.md b/...s/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-8-closures-generics-traits.md
@@ -23,12 +23,16 @@
 
 ## Reading Assignment
 
-- The Rust Book: Chapters 10, 13.1
-- Rust by Example: Generics, Traits
+- **[The Rust Book — Chapter 10: Generics](https://rust-book.cs.brown.edu/ch10-00-generics.html)**
+- **[The Rust Book — Chapter 13.1: Closures](https://rust-book.cs.brown.edu/ch13-01-closures.html)**
+- **[Rust by Example — Generics & Traits](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rust-by-example/generics/gen_trait.html)**
 
 ## Homework
 
 - Complete these exercises:
-  - [Rustlings](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings): `generics1-2.rs`, `traits1-5.rs`, `iterators1-5.rs` (12 exercises)
-  - [100 Exercises to Learn Rust](https://rust-exercises.com/100-exercises/): Exercises 55-60 (Traits)
-  - [Exercism Rust Track](https://exercism.org/tracks/rust): "Custom Set" (generics practice)
+  - **[Rustlings](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings)**
+    - [`generics1–generics2`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/tree/main/exercises/14_generics)
+    - [`traits1–traits5`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/tree/main/exercises/15_traits)
+    - [`iterators1–iterators5`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/tree/main/exercises/18_iterators)  <!-- 12 short iterator drills -->
+  - **[100 Exercises to Learn Rust — Exercises 55–60 (Traits)](https://rust-exercises.com/100-exercises/)**
+  - **[Exercism Rust Track — “Custom Set”](https://exercism.org/tracks/rust/exercises/custom-set)**
diff --git a/...es/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-9-async-programming-tokio.md b/...es/rust-basics-for-solana-development/modules/week-9-async-programming-tokio.md
@@ -23,18 +23,22 @@
 
 ## Reading Assignment
 
-- Tokio Tutorial (official)
-- Async Book: Chapters 1-4
+- **[Tokio Tutorial](https://tokio.rs/tokio/tutorial/async)** (official)
+- **[Async Book — Chapters 1 - 4](https://book.async.rs/)**
 
 ## Homework
 
-- Concurrent file processor that:
-  - Reads multiple files simultaneously from a folder.
-  - Processes content (word count, line count)
-  - Aggregates results
-- Complete [Tokio Tutorial](https://tokio.rs/tokio/tutorial) sections:
-  - Hello Tokio
-  - Spawning
-  - Shared State
-  - Channels (first part only)
-- [Rustlings](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings): `threads1-3.rs`, `macros1-4.rs` (7 exercises)
+- **Concurrent file processor**  
+  - Read multiple files simultaneously from a folder  
+  - Process content (word count, line count)  
+  - Aggregate results  
+
+- **[Tokio Tutorial](https://tokio.rs/tokio/tutorial)** — complete sections:  
+  - [Hello Tokio](https://tokio.rs/tokio/tutorial/hello-tokio)  
+  - [Spawning](https://tokio.rs/tokio/tutorial/spawning)  
+  - [Shared State](https://tokio.rs/tokio/tutorial/shared-state)  
+  - [Channels](https://tokio.rs/tokio/tutorial/channels) *(first part only)*  
+
+- **[Rustlings](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings)**  
+  - [`threads1 – threads3`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/tree/main/exercises/20_threads)  
+  - [`macros1 – macros4`](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/tree/main/exercises/21_macros) *(7 exercises)*