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# Recommended reading
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## Nix language tutorials
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- [Nix language one-pager reference](https://github.com/tazjin/nix-1p) (Vincent Ambo, 2019-2021)
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Overview of common language features and widely used idioms.
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- [A tour of Nix](https://nixcloud.io/tour) (Joachim Schiele, 2015-2022)
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Interactive exercises with the Nix language.
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- [Video: Nix language overview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCapIx9heBw&list=PL-saUBvIJzOkjAw_vOac75v-x6EzNzZq-&index=5) (Wil Taylor, 2021)
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Overview of language features.
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- [Video: Reading the Nix language](https://youtu.be/hbJkMl631FE?t=1533) (Jonas Chevalier, 2019)
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Introduction to reading Nix language code.
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- [Video: How and Why it Works](https://youtu.be/hbJkMl631FE?t=4806) (Graham Christensen, 2019)
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Introduction to writing derivations.
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## Other Articles
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- [Customizing packages in Nix](https://bobvanderlinden.me/customizing-packages-in-nix/) (2022)
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An overview of different methods to customize Nix packages.
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- [Manage your dot files with Home Manager](https://ghedam.at/24353/tutorial-getting-started-with-home-manager-for-nix) (Mattia Gheda, 2021)
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- [Nix Pills](https://nixos.org/nixos/nix-pills/index.html)
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A low-level tutorial on building software packages with Nix, showing in detail how Nixpkgs is constructed.
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- [Nix Shorts](https://github.com/justinwoo/nix-shorts)
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A series of posts on basics of how packaging with Nix works.
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- [awesome-nix](https://nix-community.github.io/awesome-nix/)
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A collection of Nix resources.
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## Other videos
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- [Nix Fundamentals](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4sv2M9jRLg) (Jakub Grzegorz Sokolowski, 2020)
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- [Nix Shell Overview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGekN4pDExY) (Wil Taylor, 2021)
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- [How to update a package](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_IZ2EfW_8U) (Jon Ringer, 2020)
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- [How to create a patch for any package](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K_2RSjbdXc) (Jon Ringer, 2020)
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- [Overlays](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGAL3gMXvug) (Jon Ringer, 2020)
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- [Adding a module to NixOS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkDYmvKINm8) (Jon Ringer, 2022)
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- [Upgrade kernel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_vbddNXtg) (Jon Ringer, 2020)
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