# Recommended reading

## Nix language tutorials

- [Nix lanuage one-pager reference](https://github.com/tazjin/nix-1p) (Vincent Ambo, 2019-2021)

  Overview of common language features and widely used idioms.

- [A tour of Nix](https://nixcloud.io/tour) (Joachim Schiele, 2015-2022)

  Interactive exercises with the Nix language.

- [Video: Nix language overview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCapIx9heBw&list=PL-saUBvIJzOkjAw_vOac75v-x6EzNzZq-&index=5) (Wil Taylor, 2021)

  Overview of language features.

- [Video: Reading the Nix language](https://youtu.be/hbJkMl631FE?t=1533) (Jonas Chevalier, 2019)

  Introduction to reading Nix language code.

- [Video: How and Why it Works](https://youtu.be/hbJkMl631FE?t=4806) (Graham Christensen, 2019)

  Introduction to writing derivations.

## [Manage your dot files with Home Manager](https://ghedam.at/24353/tutorial-getting-started-with-home-manager-for-nix)

## [Nix Pills](https://nixos.org/nixos/nix-pills/index.html)

To feel comfortable with Nix and Nixpkgs internals, read the pills.

## [Nix Shorts](https://github.com/justinwoo/nix-shorts)

A series of posts on basics of how packaging with Nix works.

## [awesome-nix](https://nix-community.github.io/awesome-nix/)

A collection of Nix resources.