Nix is a package manager which comes in a form of many command line tools. Packages that Nix can build are defined with the Nix Expression Language.

• Installation
• Basic package management
• What is a channel?
• Main command line tools:
  • nix-env — manipulate or query Nix user environments
  • nix-build — build a Nix expression
  • nix-shell — start an interactive shell based on a Nix expression
  • nix-store — manipulate or query the Nix store
• Nix expression language
  • Built-in functions
  • Nixpkgs Library Functions
  • Debugging Nix Expressions

The Nix Packages collection (Nixpkgs) is a set of thousands of packages for the Nix package manager and NixOS Linux distribution.

• Configure nixpkgs
• Customize packages (override packages)
• Extend nixpkgs (via overlays)
• Adding a package to nixpkgs
  • The Standard Environment
  • Fetching sources
  • Building images:
    • Docker
    • Snap
    • AppImage
    • OCI
    • …
• Integrate Nix with programming languages:
  • Javascript (Node)
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • Java
  • Go
  • Rust
  • R
  • Haskell
  • Elm
  • BEAM Languages (Erlang, Elixir, LFE)
  • Lua
  • Idris
  • Coq
  • Perl
  • OCaml
  • …
• Integrate Nix with frameworks:
  • Android
  • IOS
  • Titanium
  • Tex Live
  • Qt
  • …
• Configure your editor with Nix:
  • Vim
  • Emacs
  • Eclipse
  • Kakoune
  • …
• Contributing to Nixpkgs

NixOS is a Linux distribution based on Nix package manager.

• Installing NixOS
• Changing the Configuration
• Upgrading NixOS
• Configuration Syntax
• Package Management
• User Management
• Troubleshooting
• Writing NixOS Modules
• Writing NixOS Documentation
• Writing NixOS Tests
• Building Your Own NixOS CD