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Reputation: 18153

How can I scaffold a new Nim project?

Languages like Rust have Cargo which among other things is used to scaffold a new project by calling cargo new <project-name>. Is there a similar tool or command in Nim language that can be used to scaffold a new project? Something in the line of <some-command> new <project-name>?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1240

Answers (1)

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ad absurdum

Reputation: 21365

Nimble is the package manager for Nim, and it has been bundled together with Nim since Nim 0.15.0 (as of this writing, Nim is at v1.0.6, while Nimble is still in beta at v0.11.0). Nimble allows you to create library packages, binary packages, or hybrid packages, specify dependencies, licensing, etc., and creates a minimal directory structure for you.

Executing nimble init from the command line in your project directory will cause Nimble to ask you a series of questions; the answers are used to create a .nimble file in your project directory, and a minimal suitable directory structure. The Nimble docs provide more details about how the init command is used to create packages.

Upvotes: 5

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