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Valentin Gagarin e9eb67bf63 update list of recommended Nix language tutorials
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- Learn X in Y minutes is barely readable and not a tutorial but an
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- Nix by example is from 2014, has chaotic structure, and is oriented towards functional programmers
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# 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.