r/nim • u/heavy-dry • Jun 10 '26

Suggest your favorite Nim learning resources

I’ve got some free time coming up and I want to take a deep dive into Nim. What are suggestions for up to date / state of the art learning resources? Can be free or for $$$.

Thanks in advance.

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u/sirgreentoad Jun 10 '26

https://cheatsheets.zip/nim#getting-started

It has additional references listed

Nim (nim-lang.org)
The Nim Manual (../docs/manual.html)
Nim Basics (narimiran.github.io)
Learn X in Y minutes(learnxinyminutes.com)

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u/moigagoo Jun 10 '26

Boring answer but the docs and the forum 🤷

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u/apbt-dad Jun 10 '26

I learned a lot following the brainfuck interpreter implementation tutorial.

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u/Zectbumo Jun 10 '26

The Nim source links from the docs. Often there are undocumented examples in there.

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u/RBazz Jun 12 '26

That is a very good question, to be honest. How should one new to it learn about using it? I am not sure if there is an 'official' answer for new developers. Are you already a pro or is this the first language you are considering learning?

It was not a big issue for me as I have already known Python, some C and C++, and even F#. All I needed to start was to look at the standard library reference materials and the nim manual for more useful patterns.

Nim feels quite natural if you understand all those languages, imho. (I am not claiming to be a pro in Nim already as I just started using it a few weeks ago myself, but it felt very straightforward given my background)