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Advanced Nixcademy Classes
The Nix & NixOS 101 class covers the basics that are relevant to the majority of professional Nix & NixOS users. The following classes extend our training - book them in addition to the 101 class or let's discuss how we can mix the 101 with relevant special content from one of these.
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CI & CD with Nix
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This class is designed to equip professionals with the knowledge and tools necessary to integrate Nix into their CI/CD pipelines effectively. Whether you're facing challenges with CI and deployment integration or struggling with performance optimizations, this course provides practical solutions leveraging Nix. Discover how Nix can revolutionize your CI/CD workflows, enable faster builds, seamless testing, efficient scaling, and increased developer productivity!
Modules
Nix and CI
- Leverage Nix in popular CI platforms: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Sourcehut CI, Hercules CI
Nix-Specific CI-Performance
- Identify and address performance bottlenecks in Nix-based CI pipelines
- Optimize build times, caching, and resource consumption
Binary Caches
- Configure and manage your own Binary Cache for efficient artifact caching
- Leverage services like Cachix to improve build times and share artifacts
Distributed CI
- Set up and utilize Nix Remote Builders for distributed CI
- Scale workflows with Hercules CI and nixbuild.net
Fine-Tuning Projects
- Understand hardware considerations for optimal Nix build performance
- Implement optimizations and tweaks to maximize efficiency
Rust Development with Nix
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This class is designed to equip professionals with the knowledge and tools necessary to leverage Nix for effective Rust development. Whether you're new to Rust or already using it but need confidence with its compiler and package manager, this course will take your Rust development skills to the next level. Discover how Nix can enhance the development with Rust, providing reproducible builds, efficient dependency caching, simplified package creation, seamless developer environments, and automatic linting, documentation, security checks, cross-compilation, and much more.
Cargo nix integration
Oxalica rust-overlay (improved Mozilla rust-overlay)
Automatic packaging with buildRustPackage, dream2nix, cargo2nix
Modules
Rust + Nix Fundamentals
- Learn how the Rust compiler and cargo work
- Integration of Rust with Nix
- Using alternative/private registries
Packaging Rust projects
- Create reproducible Nix packages for Rust projects
- Learn about packaging method tradeoffs, such as buildRustPackage, dream2nix, and cargo2nix
- Learn about the different package sets like rust-overlay and fenix
Development Environments
- Setting up reproducible developer shells with the appropriate Rust toolchain
- Simplify the process of managing and switching between different Rust toolchains
Cross Compilation
- Set up cross-compilation to other architectures and operating systems such as Microsoft Windows
- Create minimal and fully static binaries with musl libc