From b699896f68ee73295c3658c2fa9f42c320aeca1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timo Bingmann <tbgit@panthema.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 18:52:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add nixosModules.develop containing packages

---
 flake.nix                   |  6 +++
 system/develop/packages.nix | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 86 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 system/develop/packages.nix

diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index d34b031..22e35eb 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@
       ];
     };
 
+    nixosModules.develop = { ... }: {
+      imports = [
+        ./system/develop/packages.nix
+      ];
+    };
+
     # Home Manager Modules
     homeManagerModules.default = { ... }: {
       imports = [
diff --git a/system/develop/packages.nix b/system/develop/packages.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..899fcfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/develop/packages.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# Development packages.
+# These are installed on all systems for developing functionality.
+# Organized by category for maintainability.
+
+{ config, pkgs, ... }: {
+
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+
+    # === SOURCE CONTROL AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT ===
+    # Code hosting and project management tools
+
+    gh                 # GitHub CLI tool
+
+    # === DATA PROCESSING AND QUERY TOOLS ===
+    # Tools for working with structured data
+
+    jq                 # JSON processor
+    yq                 # YAML processor
+
+    # === NETWORK ANALYSIS ===
+    # Network debugging and analysis tools
+
+    jwhois             # Internet whois client
+    tcpdump            # Network packet analyzer
+
+    # === DATABASE TOOLS ===
+    # Database management and querying
+
+    sqlite             # Lightweight SQL database engine
+
+    # === TEXT PROCESSING AND SPELLCHECKING ===
+    # Language support and text processing
+
+    hunspell                  # Spell checker
+    hunspellDicts.de_DE       # German dictionary
+    hunspellDicts.en_US-large # English US dictionary
+
+    # === JAVA DEVELOPMENT ===
+    # Java ecosystem tools and frameworks
+
+    jdk                # Java Development Kit
+    maven              # Java project management and build tool
+    jdt-language-server # Eclipse JDT Language Server for Java
+
+    # === SCALA DEVELOPMENT ===
+    # Scala ecosystem tools and frameworks
+
+    dotty              # Scala 3 compiler
+    scala_3            # Scala 3 language
+    sbt                # Scala Build Tool
+    bloop              # Scala build server
+    metals             # Scala Language Server
+    coursier           # Scala artifact fetcher
+    scalafmt           # Scala code formatter
+    mill               # Scala build tool
+
+    # === JAVASCRIPT DEVELOPMENT ===
+    # JavaScript/Node.js ecosystem
+
+    nodejs             # JavaScript runtime
+
+  ] ++ (if pkgs.stdenv.isLinux then [
+    # === LINUX-SPECIFIC PACKAGES ===
+    # Packages that are only available/useful on Linux systems
+
+    # --- SYSTEM DEBUGGING ---
+
+    strace             # System call tracer
+
+  ] else [
+  ]) ++ (if pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin then [
+
+    # === MACOS-SPECIFIC PACKAGES ===
+    # Packages specifically for macOS systems
+
+    # Currently empty - add macOS-specific tools here as needed
+    # Examples: darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Security
+
+  ] else []);
+}