Improve dev environment

.envrc

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+if ! has nix_direnv_version || ! nix_direnv_version 2.2.1; then
+  source_url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nix-community/nix-direnv/2.2.1/direnvrc" "sha256-zelF0vLbEl5uaqrfIzbgNzJWGmLzCmYAkInj/LNxvKs="
+fi
+
+watch_file flake.nix
+watch_file flake.lock
+if ! use flake . --impure
+then
+  echo "devenv could not be built. The devenv environment was not loaded." >&2
+fi
+

.gitignore

@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ vendor/
 # it's handy to have a docker-compose available during development
 docker-compose.yml
 
-.pre-commit-config.yaml
-
 dist/
-
-
+.devenv/
+.direnv/
+.pre-commit-config.yaml

README.md

@@ -123,6 +123,40 @@ nq.Enqueue(ctx, &jobs.Job{
 
 Additional example integration code can be found at https://github.com/acaloiaro/neoq/tree/main/examples
 
+# Developing 
+
+Neoq development is largely based on Nix and `devenv`.
+
+After [installing nix](https://nixos.org/download), this repository contains everything else you will need to develop
+and run tests. 
+
+## Automatic setup and teardown 
+
+`direnv` is used to let neoq automatically configure its own dev environment. This includes installing dependencies and 
+developer tooling.
+
+See [installing direnv](https://direnv.net/docs/installation.html) if you want the dev environment setup to be automated. 
+
+## Manual setup and teardown 
+
+Neoq uses `devenv` to manage development environments and services.
+
+To enter the development shell, run `nix develop --impure`. 
+
+In order to run the test suite, the required services need to be started. Start services by running the following:
+
+## Running services for tests 
+
+The neoq development shell gives you the `devenv` executable. 
+
+To run postgres and redis for tests and development, run 
+
+```
+devenv up
+```
+
+This runs Postgres and Redis in the foreground. In a separate terminal, run `make test` to run the test suite.
+
 # Status
 
-This project is currently in alpha. Future releases may change the API.
+This project is currently pre-1.0. Future releases may change the API.

bin/gomod2nix

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+#!env bash
+
+gomod2nix