Nim Documentation Overview

Author

Andreas Rumpf

Version

The documentation consists of several documents:

• Tutorial (part I)
  The Nim tutorial part one deals with the basics.
• Tutorial (part II)
  The Nim tutorial part two deals with the advanced language constructs.
• Tutorial (part III)
  The Nim tutorial part three about Nim's macro system.
• Language Manual
  The Nim manual is a draft that will evolve into a proper specification.
• Library documentation
  This document describes Nim's standard library.
• Compiler user guide
  The user guide lists command line arguments, special features of the compiler, etc.
• Tools documentation
  Description of some tools that come with the standard distribution.
• GC
  Additional documentation about Nim's multi-paradigm memory management strategies
  and how to operate them in a realtime setting.
• Source code filters
  The Nim compiler supports source code filters as a simple yet powerful builtin templating system.
• Internal documentation
  The internal documentation describes how the compiler is implemented. Read this if you want to hack the compiler.
• Index
  The generated index. Index + (Ctrl+F) == Joy