An Introduction to Nix for Ruby Developers

1

RubyGems

#Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #Software Development 100 social mentions

2

NixOS

Nix is an entire universe of software. It runs on Linux and macOS, on both Apple Silicon and Intel processors, and has several components:.

#Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #Linux Tools 266 social mentions

3

fish shell

# Launch the `fish` shell (see https://fishshell.com) Nix run `nixpkgs#fish` Martin@iMac ~/p/o/a/martin (ruby-on-nix)>.

#Developer Tools #Cryptocurrencies #Blockchain 134 social mentions

4

devenv

Devenv.sh merits exploration too. It is something of a hybrid, with a JSON-like programming language, YAML configuration, and Docker-like composition of services.

#Password Management #Productivity #Password Managers 46 social mentions

5

GitHub Desktop

Nix currently is akin to git's "porcelain": powerful but esoteric. However, much like git evolved into exoteric, user-friendly tools such as git-flow, GitHub Desktop, and Tower to become user-friendly, many developers are building abstractions, wrappers, and utilities to simplify Nix usage. Let's briefly look at a few of these tools now.

#Git #Git Tools #Code Collaboration 135 social mentions