Nim in Action

Nim in Action

by Dominik Picheta
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 04/08/2017

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Summary


Nim is a multi-paradigm language that offers powerful customization options with the ability to compile to everything from C to JavaScript. In Nim in Action you'll learn how Nim compares to other languages in style and performance, master its structure and syntax, and discover unique features.


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About the Technology


Nim is a multi-paradigm programming language that offers powerful customization options with the ability to compile to everything from C to JavaScript. It can be used in any project and illustrates that you don't have to sacrifice performance for expressiveness!


About the Book


Nim in Action is your guide to application development in Nim. You'll learn how Nim compares to other languages in style and performance, master its structure and syntax, and discover unique features. By carefully walking through a Twitter clone and other real-world examples, you'll see just how Nim can be used every day while also learning how to tackle concurrency, package finished applications, and interface with other languages. With the best practices and rich examples in this book, you'll be able to start using Nim today.


What's Inside



  • Language features and implementation

  • Nimble package manager

  • Asynchronous I/O

  • Interfacing with C and JavaScript

  • Metaprogramming


About the Reader


For developers comfortable with mainstream languages like Java, Python, C++ or C#.


About the Author


Dominik Picheta is one of the principal developers of Nim and author of the Nimble package manager.


Summary



  1. PART 1 -THE BASICS OF NIM

  2. Why Nim?

  3. Getting started

  4. PART 2 - NIM IN PRACTICE

  5. 3 Writing a chat application

  6. 4 A tour through the standard library

  7. 5 Package management

  8. 6 Parallelism

  9. 7 Building a Twitter clone

  10. PART 3 - ADVANCED CONCEPTS

  11. 8 Interfacing with other languages

  12. 9 Metaprogramming

ISBN:
9781638352297
9781638352297
Category:
Computing & information technology
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
04-08-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
Manning

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