Add Nix developer shell instructions to CONTRIBUTING.md

Author: yvan-sraka

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ If not, you aren't able to build the testsuite, so you need to disable the defau
 cabal build --project-file=cabal.project.release cabal
 ```
 
+> **Note**
+> If you use Nix, it might be convenient to work in a shell that contains all `Cabal` development dependencies:
+> ```
+> $ nix-shell -p ghc -p cabal-install -p zlib.dev -p pkgconfig -p haskellPackages.fourmolu -p ghcid
+> ```
+
 The location of your build products will vary depending on which version of
 cabal-install you use to build; see the documentation section
 [Where are my build products?](http://cabal.readthedocs.io/en/latest/nix-local-build.html#where-are-my-build-products)