Nix C++ demo

This little project demonstrates how to use Nix and CMake together to manage a C++ project.

Requirements

A Linux machine with Nix installed. That's it.

Responsibilities

• CMake: build the project incrementally during development
• Nix: pull external dependencies

Development

Run nix-shell at the root the project to load all the external depedencies. Then invoke cmake to build the project.

Updating sources

Use ./nix/update-src path/to/package.nix to pull the latest version of a package. Eg: ./nix/update-src ./nix/cppkafka.nix.

Production

Run nix-build to produce the release artifacts.