Nix Shell for Node.js development

A shell.nix that pins Node.js, Yarn and the everyday tools around a JavaScript project, so nix-shell gives everyone the same environment. The usage notes and the shell expression are below.

Usage

First install the Nix Package Manager
Then download shell.nix file to your project root directory
Finally run nix-shell. This will automatically setup the environment and open a shell session for you.

Note: You can found more packages here: https://search.nixos.org/packages

`shell.nix`

text
{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:

pkgs.mkShell {
  name = "workspace";
  nativeBuildInputs = [
    pkgs.tig
    pkgs.git
    pkgs.git-radar
    pkgs.git-secret
    pkgs.vim
    pkgs.nodejs
    pkgs.nodePackages.nodemon
    pkgs.yarn
    pkgs.docker
    pkgs.docker-compose
    pkgs.gnumake
    pkgs.tmux
    pkgs.tmuxPlugins.resurrect
    pkgs.tmuxPlugins.continuum
    pkgs.jq
  ];
  shellHook = ''
    mkdir -p .nix-node
    export NODE_PATH=$PWD/.nix-node
    export PATH=$NODE_PATH/bin:$PATH
    export PS1='\[\033[1;32m\][nix-shell]:\[\033[0;34m\]\w\[\033[0;37m\]\$\[\033[0m\]\n\[\033[0;37m\]$(if [ -f package.json ]; then jq -r .name package.json; else echo git; fi):(\[\033[1;37m\]$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)\[\033[0;37m\])>\[\033[0m\] '
    
    tmux set-option -g prefix C-e
    git config --global core.editor "vim"
    npm config set prefix $NODE_PATH
  '';
}

shell.nix

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