= Recipes

This chapter provides examples of how to use Nix in a variety of scenarios.
Multiple types of recipes are provided are provided for some scenarios;
comparing the different recipes will help you better understand Nix.

- _"Ad hoc" shells_
are useful when you want to quickly create an environment
for a one-off task.

- _Nix flakes_
are the recommended approach for development projects,
including defining environments that you will use more than once.

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