reprex: help me help you!

reprex R package: description and philosophy
http://jennybc.github.io/reprex/
part of rOpenSci Community Call 2017 March 7
https://github.com/ropensci/commcalls/issues/14

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1.   Jennifer Bryan 
 RStudio, University of British Columbia @JennyBryan @jennybc reprex: the package, the point
2. How to ask questions so they get answered! Possibly by yourself! 2017 March 07 w/ James (JD) Long, Jenny Bryan, Scott Chamberlain an rOpenSci Community call: https://github.com/ropensci/commcalls/issues/14 Collaborative notes: http://bit.ly/commcallv13
4. http://stat545.com 300-500 GitHub issue comments by me Sept-Nov each year
5. conversations about code are more productive when they contain code code that actually runs code that I don’t have to run code that I can easily run
6. https://github.com/jennybc/reprex http://jennybc.github.io/reprex/
7. install.packages("reprex") ## or devtools::install_github("jennybc/reprex")
9. code that actually runs code is run in separate, fresh R session ergo, it must be self-contained! must load all necessary packages must create all necessary objects
10. not self-contained — forgot to load necessary package not self-contained — forgot to define template YAAAASSSSSS
11. code that I don’t have to run did I mention: I touch 300 - 500 issues/course? I can often get the point w/o running code IFF I can see the output SHOW ME SOME OUTPUT, not just the code
13. code that I can easily run do not copy/paste your R transcript do not take a screenshot of your R session must I edit out the prompts? must I comment the output? HELP ME HELP YOU
14. > library(purrr) > x <- list(one = list(always = "a", sometimes = "b"), + two = list(always = "b", sometimes = NULL)) > x %>% map_chr("always") one two "a" "b" > x %>% map_chr("sometimes") Error: Result 2 is not a length 1 atomic vector
15. library(purrr) x <- list(one = list(always = "a", sometimes = "b"), two = list(always = "b", sometimes = NULL)) x %>% map_chr("always") #> one two #> "a" "b" x %>% map_chr("sometimes") #> Error: Result 2 is not a length 1 atomic vector
16. live demo
17. basic copy + reprex() copy + add-in select or focus + add-in venue = “so”, venue= “R” si = TRUE input, outfile include a figure reprex_invert() reprex_clean() reprex_rescue() stuff I hope to show
18. Why make a reprex?
19. 1. get help 2. bug report
20. https://github.com/jennybc/reprex#what-is-a-reprex
21. writing a good reprex can seem like a hassle but if asker can’t be bothered, why should the answerer? practice this often and it will make you a better programmer it will increase your knowledge of the language
22. writing a reprex helps you ambush your problem from behind “demonstrate my problem in a small example” sounds so much more doable than “figure out how my code is borked” > x% of the time I solve my own problem, but the reprex mentality is enabling