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You can make a package in 20 minutes

Jim Hester
February 03, 2018

You can make a package in 20 minutes

Creating an R package can be a daunting task if you have only used R interactively, in notebooks or scripts. This talk will demystify the process creation process by going from a simple R script and turning it into a fully fledged package complete with documentation, README, examples and tests all in only twenty minutes! Along the way you will be introduced to useful functions for package development from the devtools and usethis packages, as well as the best places to find information about package development.

http://www.rstudio.com/resources/videos/you-can-make-a-package-in-20-minutes/

Jim Hester

February 03, 2018
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  1. rstd.io/rp CAN MAKE A R IN 20 MINUTES! CAN MAKE

    A R IN 20 MINUTES! Jim Hester
  2. rstd.io/rp WHY WRITE R ? WHY WRITE R ? R

    users already know how to use / install packages Easy to distribute But… Can be just for you No need to develop personal conventions Standardized conventions -> standardized tools It does not have to go on CRAN / Bioconductor
  3. rstd.io/rp WHO CAN WRITE A PACKAGE? WHO CAN WRITE A

    PACKAGE? Can you open and run R / RStudio? Can you install a package? Can you write R code? Can you write an R function? Can you learn to write an R function? You can write a package in R Susan Johnston @SuseJohnston
  4. rstd.io/rp FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT R packages <r-pkgs.had.co.nz> Writing R

    Extensions rOpenSci Onboarding POSTS POSTS Writing an R package from scratch - Hilary Parker (@hspter) How to develop good R packages - Maëlle Salmon (@ma_salmon) Making your first R package - Fong Chun Chan (@fongchunchan)
  5. rstd.io/rp FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT / / DEVTOOLS DEVTOOLS ROXYGEN2

    ROXYGEN2 load_all() / install() test() / check() document() release() / rhub_check() USETHIS USETHIS create_package() use_test() / use_r() use_git() / use_github() use_travis() / use_coverage()
  6. rstd.io/rp R COMPONENTS R COMPONENTS Package metadata (DESCRIPTION) Code (R/)

    Testing (tests/) Namespaces (NAMESPACE) Object documentation (man/) Vignettes (vignettes/) Data (data/) Compiled code (src/) Installed files (inst/)
  7. load_all() test() document() check() create_package() use test() devtools usethis -

    PACKAGES - PACKAGES - GENERAL - GENERAL R packages <r-pkgs.had.co.nz> Writing R Extensions rOpenSci Onboarding R for Data Science Advanced R