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Gabriel Arazas b088086b06 Merge evergreen notes into the notebook 
Now, it's all under the notebook umbrella. Seems to be appropriate as it
is just my notes after all.

I also updated some notes from there. I didn't keep track of what it is
this time. Something about more learning notes extracted from my
"Learning how to learn" course notes and then some. Lack of time and
hurriness just makes it difficult to track but it should be under
version control already.
2021-07-21 16:28:07 +08:00

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Nix language

Nix can be aptly described as JSON but with functions. While you can make Nix work with basic configurations, you need to know the details if you're creating packages.

You can actively play with the language by running nix repl. This is just a personal reference note, the recommended resource for learning the language is the beloved Nix pills.

What is it for?

Derivations

  • Nix derivations are one of the central components of the package manager
  • mkDerivation
  • derivations are more verbose than necessary, most of the packaging process are done with the nixpkgs which contains a standard library to easily create derivations with different setups from programming languages and frameworks

TODO Standard library

  • nixpkgs has a standard library that comes with functions mitigating against the verbosity for packaging or simply convenience

TODO Imports