• Install NimStudio
  A VSIX installer is included in the repository Install folder. Download and run.

• Install Nim.exe and Nimsuggest.exe
  NimStudio requires the development version of Nim.exe and Nimsuggest.exe. These are not currently provided via the download page. The 0.10.2 binaries are available, but these won't work with NimStudio. Specifically, 0.10.2 does not include nimsuggest.

  Unofficial development binaries (use at your own risk) are provided here.
  These were built from the development branch on Apr-14-2015. Extract to c:\nim.

  To build the development version yourself, see this.

• Configure
  NimStudio must be able to find Nim.exe and Nimsuggest.exe. If these are in the path, or c:\nim\bin, then NimStudio will detect them automatically. If not, enter the paths manually via:
  Tools->NimStudio->Options Edit
      Then
  Tools->NimStudio->Options Load

Note: nimsuggest.exe should be placed in the same folder as nim.exe.

• Test Files
  Download nstest1.nim and nstest2.nim from the Install folder. Open nstest1.nim in Visual Studio via File->Open, or drag and drop.

• Compile/Run
  NimStudio does not yet support projects (and a lot of other things).

To compile/run .nim files, two entries are added to Tools->External Tools
        

Results are piped to the Output window:
        

NOTE: The External Tools entries currently assume default paths to nim.exe and vcvars32.bat. If necessary, update these for your configuration.

Also see the Intellisense page.