# Creating an Anchor Project in Visual Studio Code

Starting your development journey with the Eclipse blockchain involves creating and setting up a project environment that supports Solana and Anchor frameworks. This section guides you through initializing an Anchor project for NFT minting, which lays the foundation for your smart contract development.

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[Step 1: Initialize Anchor Project](/developers/tutorials-and-guides/developer-guides/dapp-deployment-tutorial-eclipse-devnet/creating-an-anchor-project-in-visual-studio-code/step-1-initialize-anchor-project.md)
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[Step 2: Update the lib.rs File with Smart Contract Code](/developers/tutorials-and-guides/developer-guides/dapp-deployment-tutorial-eclipse-devnet/creating-an-anchor-project-in-visual-studio-code/step-2-update-the-lib.rs-file-with-smart-contract-code.md)
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[Step 3: Update the Smart Contract's Cargo.toml File](/developers/tutorials-and-guides/developer-guides/dapp-deployment-tutorial-eclipse-devnet/creating-an-anchor-project-in-visual-studio-code/step-3-update-the-smart-contracts-cargo.toml-file.md)
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[Step 4: Update the Project's Root Cargo.toml File](/developers/tutorials-and-guides/developer-guides/dapp-deployment-tutorial-eclipse-devnet/creating-an-anchor-project-in-visual-studio-code/step-4-update-the-projects-root-cargo.toml-file.md)
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[Step 5: Compile Your Program with anchor build](/developers/tutorials-and-guides/developer-guides/dapp-deployment-tutorial-eclipse-devnet/creating-an-anchor-project-in-visual-studio-code/step-5-compile-your-program-with-anchor-build.md)
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[Step 6: Deploy Your Project to the Eclipse Devnet](/developers/tutorials-and-guides/developer-guides/dapp-deployment-tutorial-eclipse-devnet/creating-an-anchor-project-in-visual-studio-code/step-6-deploy-your-project-to-the-eclipse-devnet.md)
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[Step 7: Verify Program Deployment on the Eclipse Devnet Explorer](/developers/tutorials-and-guides/developer-guides/dapp-deployment-tutorial-eclipse-devnet/creating-an-anchor-project-in-visual-studio-code/step-7-verify-program-deployment-on-the-eclipse-devnet-explorer.md)
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