Where are the Nim communities and enthusiasts?

[kytrinyx]

As we move towards the launch of the new version of Exercism we are going to be ramping up on actively recruiting people to help provide feedback.

Our goal is to get to 100%: everyone who submits a solution and wants feedback should get feedback. Good feedback. You can read more about this aspect of the new site here: http://mentoring.exercism.io/

To do this, we're going to need a lot more information about where we can find language enthusiasts.

• Is Nim supported by one or more large organizations?
• Does Nim have an official community manager?
• Do you know of specific communities (online or offline) that are enthusiastic about Nim? (Chat communities, forums, meetups, student clubs, etc)
• Are there popular conferences for Nim? (If so, what are some examples?)
• Are there any organizations who are targeted specifically at getting certain subgroups or demographics interested in Nim? (e.g. kids, teenagers, career changers, people belonging to various groups that are typically underrepresented in tech?)
• Are there specific groups or programs dedicated to mentoring people in Nim?
• Are there popular newsletters for Nim?
• Is Nim taught at programming bootcamps? (If so, what are some examples?)
• Is Nim taught at universities? (If so, what are some examples?)

In other words: where do people care a lot and/or know a lot about Nim?

This is part of the project being tracked in exercism/meta#103

[amscotti]

For online communities that are enthusiastic about Nim,

• The Nim forum at https://forum.nim-lang.org/
• Nim on FreeNode (IRC) at irc://freenode.net/nim
• Nim on Gitter at https://gitter.im/nim-lang/Nim
• Nim on Discord at https://discord.gg/ezDFDw2
• Nim on Telegram at https://t.me/nim_lang

Based on what I found on the Nim lang home page

[kytrinyx]

Sweet, thanks @amscotti!

[Yardanico]

CC @data-man, @dom96

[Yardanico]

@kytrinyx "Does Nim have an official community manager?" I think that would be @dom96 :)

[Yardanico]

"Is Nim taught at universities? (If so, what are some examples?)" - No

[Yardanico]

@kytrinyx
"Do you know of specific communities (online or offline) that are enthusiastic about Nim? (Chat communities, forums, meetups, student clubs, etc)"
Russian Nim Community (on Telegram) - https://t.me/ru_nim_talks
Nim community in VK - Russian social network - https://vk.com/nim_lang

[dom96]

oooh. Exciting new launch :)

Is Nim supported by one or more large organizations?

Nim's main sources of funding are via donations from our brilliant community. This includes donations from some amazing companies, but no major companies yet.

Does Nim have an official community manager?

Not official, but I suppose I'm as close to a community manager as you can get :)

Do you know of specific communities (online or offline) that are enthusiastic about Nim? (Chat communities, forums, meetups, student clubs, etc)

In addition to the list by @amscotti, our community page is a great place to look: https://nim-lang.org/community.html

Are there popular conferences for Nim? (If so, what are some examples?)

None currently

Are there any organizations who are targeted specifically at getting certain subgroups or demographics interested in Nim? (e.g. kids, teenagers, career changers, people belonging to various groups that are typically underrepresented in tech?)

None currently

Are there specific groups or programs dedicated to mentoring people in Nim?

Nope

Are there popular newsletters for Nim?

Nope (someone please create one :))

Is Nim taught at programming bootcamps? (If so, what are some examples?)

Not as far as I'm aware

Is Nim taught at universities? (If so, what are some examples?)

Not as far as I'm aware

Hope this helps!

[kytrinyx]

This is great, thank you!

[kytrinyx]

I've got what I need for now; closing this out. Thank you! 🌼