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How I use Nix in my Elm projects

NixOS HTTPie Caddy
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    25 Jun 2014 . All software components in NixOS are installed using the Nix package manager. Packages in Nix are defined using the nix language to create nix expressions.
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    Nix is a tool that allows you to make reproducible development environments. I've started using it in all my Elm side projects and I've had a good experience with it thus far. To pique your curiosity I just wanted to share my simple setup that has been working quite well for me.

    #Front End Package Manager #Package Manager #Linux Tools 246 social mentions

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    CLI HTTP that will make you smile. JSON support, syntax highlighting, wget-like downloads, extensions, and more.
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    In some projects I've wanted to use HTTPie to test APIs and jq to work with some JSON data. Nix has been really helpful in managing those dependencies that I can't easily get from npm.

    #CLI #Command Line Tools #Curl 46 social mentions

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    The HTTP/2 Web Server with Automatic HTTPS
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    When I run nix-shell at the root of the project it puts me in a Nix shell that contains, among other programs, caddy and shellcheck. Notice that in the shellHook I add the project's shell scripts to the PATH. So once I'm in the Nix shell I can, among other things:.

    #Web Servers #HTTP/2 Web Server #Web And Application Servers 226 social mentions

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