Nimlang support

[JesterOrNot]

Nim is a cool new programming language I took the liberty of starting the repo https://github.com/JesterOrNot/Gitpod-nim

[geropl]

Yeah, finally I get a chance to try nim! Thanks for the setup, @JesterOrNot!

I'm not sure we should add all languages to our default image gitpod/workspace-fullbut rather have automated setup/guides on configure Gitpod for a language now that we have drop-in language support due to VScode extensions.

(Although it's just ~11MB in nims case, which might be justifiable given it's popularity 😁 )

[jankeromnes]

but rather have automated setup/guides on configure Gitpod for a language

See also https://www.gitpod.io/docs/languages_and_frameworks/ 😊 (unfortunately, it only has Java for now. I have a PR up for Julia though: https://github.com/gitpod-io/website/pull/261)

[GarnicaJR]

Thanks Sir, i appreciate your efforts to create those amazing repos :), i will test this one and back with the feedback.

Best regards .....

[JesterOrNot]

any thoughts on this?

[aggsol]

So, what is the best way to use Nim on gitpod?

[Kreyren]

@aggsol Jester's solution should work:

FROM gitpod/workspace-full

USER gitpod
RUN sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nim

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[jankeromnes]

Nimlang is now officially supported in Gitpod! 🎉

Install it with either of:

• sudo apt-get install nim
• brew install nim

(e.g. in your .gitpod.Dockerfile)

Also install the Nim extension:

• https://open-vsx.org/extension/nimsaem/nimvscode

(e.g. by searching "nim" in the IDE's Extensions panel and clicking "install")