• nix_virtualenvs
  • node_environment
  • python_environment

nix_virtualenvs

This is a set of various virtual environments which can be used with the Nix package manager.

Copy the shell.nix file from the desired folder into your project and run nix-shell. This will drop you into a virtual environment with all requirements fulfilled. Please check below how the virtual environments work and how to add environment specific packages.

If you need more Nix packages in your environent, enhance the list buildInputs in the file shell.nix.

node_environment

1. Create a directory .npm
2. If the file global_packages.txt is present, install the packages via npm globally in the .npm directory
3. Run npm install if a file package.json is present
4. Add the .npm directory to the $PATH variable

python_environment

1. Create a new python virtualenv in the folder .venv
2. Source the virtual environment
3. Upgrade pip to the latest version
4. If present, install the packages from the file requirements.txt via pip