nix-shell workshop

C++ — custom library

Package a custom library mylib and use it in a program main.

Check out mylib.nix and default.nix to see how it's done.

• Enter the environment:

  cd cpp
  nix-shell

• Build and install mylib:

  make -C mylib all install prefix=/usr/local

  Adjust prefix as necessary.

• Change the working directory to main and build it:

  cd main
  make

• Run the example to see the ultimate answer:

  $ ./main
  hello world from the #cccamp2015, the answer is
  42
  

Go — minimal webserver

Serve a "Hello World" HTML page on port 8080.

• Enter the environment:

  cd go
  nix-shell

• Run the example:

  hello-go

Perl — WWW::Curl::Easy script

Download Perl 5.18.2 via WWW::Curl::Easy.

• Enter the environment:

  cd perl
  nix-shell -p perl perlPackages.WWWCurl

• Run the example:

  ./www_curl_easy.pl

Python — curl-like script

• Enter environment:

  cd python
  nix-shell

• Run the example to print the HTML of http://test.de:

  python simpleCurl.py http://test.de

Rust — Hello, world!

• Enter the environment:

  cd rust
  nix-shell

• Run the example to print Hello, world!:

  $ hello-rust
  Hello, world!
  

Documentation

• Development Environments
• Developing Software using NixOS

License

This work (nix-shell workshop, by Joachim Schiele, seitz, Justin Humm, Lassulus, Markus Kohlhase, Alexander Flatter), identified by Eric Bailey, is free of known copyright restrictions.