nix.dev/source/recommended-reading.md

Recommended reading

Nix language tutorials

• Nix lanuage one-pager reference (Vincent Ambo, 2019-2021)

  Overview of common language features and widely used idioms.

• A tour of Nix (Joachim Schiele, 2015-2022)

  Interactive exercises with the Nix language.

• Video: Nix language overview (Wil Taylor, 2021)

  Overview of language features.

• Video: Reading the Nix language (Jonas Chevalier, 2019)

  Introduction to reading Nix language code.

• Video: How and Why it Works (Graham Christensen, 2019)

  Introduction to writing derivations.

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Nix Pills

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

Nix Shorts

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

awesome-nix

A collection of Nix resources.

Other videos

• Nix Fundamentals (Jakub Grzegorz Sokolowski, 2020)
• Nix Shell Overview (Wil T, 2021)
• How to update a package (Jon Ringer, 2020)
• How to create a patch for any package (Jon Ringer, 2020)
• Overlays (Jon Ringer, 2020)
• Adding a module to NixOS (Jon Ringer, 2022)
• Upgrade kernel (Jon Ringer, 2020)