Elm + Nix: A reproducible RealWorld clone

#elm #nix #webdev

Nix has infected my soul. I don't know how else to describe it.

I refactored my RealWorld clone, dwayne/elm-conduit, to use Nix. It uses Nix for the development environment, building, serving, running checks, deploying, and CI.

As a bonus, if you have Nix running on your machine you can:

Run the frontend workshop environment:
- nix run github:dwayne/elm-conduit#workshop
Run the sandbox:
- nix run github:dwayne/elm-conduit#sandbox
Run the development version of the web app:
- nix run github:dwayne/elm-conduit
Run the production version of the web app, i.e. the exact version that's hosted by Netlify at https://elm-conduit.netlify.app:
- nix run github:dwayne/elm-conduit#prod

The Elm builds are all powered by dwayne/elm2nix.

The Classics

This actually completes my refactoring of "The Classics" to use Nix.

TodoMVC, Super Rentals, 7GUIs, and Conduit are now all using Nix in the same way. Check out anyone of them to help you figure out how to combine Elm and Nix for fun and profit.

TodoMVC

nix run github:dwayne/elm-todos#prod

Super Rentals

nix run github:dwayne/elm-super-rentals#prod

7GUIs

nix run github:dwayne/elm-7guis#prod

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