Nim Programming Language Course

Welcome,

Nim is a statically typed compiled systems programming language. It combines successful concepts from mature languages like Python, Ada, and Modula.

Efficient

• Nim generates native dependency-free executables, not dependent on a virtual machine, which are small and allow easy redistribution.

• The Nim compiler and the generated executables support all major platforms like Windows, Linux, BSD, and macOS.

• Nim's memory management is deterministic and customizable with destructors and moves semantics, inspired by C++ and Rust. It is well-suited for embedded, hard-real-time systems.

• Modern concepts like zero-overhead iterators and compile-time evaluation of user-defined functions, in combination with the preference of value-based datatypes allocated on the stack, lead to extremely performant code.

• Support for various backends: it compiles to C, C++, or JavaScript so that Nim can be used for all backend and frontend needs.

Expressive

• Nim is self-contained: the compiler and the standard library are implemented in Nim.

• Nim has a powerful macro system that allows direct manipulation of the AST, offering nearly unlimited opportunities.

Elegant

• Macros cannot change Nim's syntax because there is no need for it — the syntax is flexible enough.

• Modern type system with local type inference, tuples, generics, and sum types.

• Statements are grouped by indentation but can span multiple lines.

You will find the source files for the corresponding videos in this git repository.

Happy Coding!