Contributing to the R ecosystem

useR!2019 newbie session

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1. Contributing to the R ecosystem
   Where should I start?
   Colin Fay - ThinkR
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2. Hello
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3. You can contribute to the R ecosystem
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4. A not-promoted-enough-webpage
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5. How can I contribute to R?
   5.6 How can I contribute to R?
   R is in active development and there is always a risk of bugs creeping in.
   Also, the developers do not have access to all possible machines capable of
   running R. So, simply using it and communicating problems is certainly of
   great value.
   The R Developer Page acts as an intermediate repository for more or less
   finalized ideas and plans for the R statistical system. It contains (pointers
   to) TODO lists, RFCs, various other writeups, ideas lists, and SVN
   miscellanea.
   https://cran.r-project.org/doc/FAQ/R-FAQ.html
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6. Filling bugs for R
   https://www.r-project.org/bugs.html
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7. So... that's it?
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8. Maybe create a package ?
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9. "But I don't have any (new) idea!"
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10. There are more things you can do
    Correct typos in documentation (even more if the maintainers is not a
    native english speaker)
    ✍
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11. There are more things you can do
    Correct typos in documentation (even more if the maintainers is not a
    native english speaker)
    ✍
    Suggest features / Report bugs
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12. There are more things you can do
    Correct typos in documentation (even more if the maintainers is not a
    native english speaker)
    ✍
    Suggest features / Report bugs
    Add features / Correct Bugs
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13. But I don't know how to do that!
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14. Look for the GitHub repo
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15. Typo correction is just a button away
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16. Typo correction is just a button away
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17. Suggest a feature or report a bug
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18. Correct a bug
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19. Also.... search GitHub + label "Help Wanted"
    language:R label:"Help Wanted"
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20. Look for beginner-friendly task
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21. But I'm just learning R!
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22. Blog about your (learning) experience
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23. Blog about your (learning) experience
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24. Join the #RStats-verse
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25. Share your weekly readings
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26. But I'm very bad at blogging/tweeting...
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27. satRdays in 2019
    Berlin
    Kampala
    Gdansk
    Chicago
    Los Angeles
    Newcastle
    Johannesburg
    Paris
    satRdays in 2020
    Auckland
    Newcastle
    Paris (?)
    ...
    Come to events!
    (And do your own?)
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28. Rencontres R 2020
    Paris
    AgroParisTech
    15-17 July 2020
    Come to events!
    (And maybe come and talk?)
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29. Come to events!
    (And maybe come and talk?)
    WhyR - Warsaw - Sep, 26-29, 2019
    RStudioConf 2020 - San Franscisco - Jan 27-30, 2020
    eRum 2020 - Milan
    useR! 2020 - St Louis - July 7-10
    ... and others,
    ... and countless meetups around the world!
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30. And of course...
    Welcome to useR!2019
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