• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Writing code for R packages
  • Contributor: Wickham, Hadley [VerfasserIn]
  • imprint: [Place of publication not identified]: O'Reilly, [2016]
  • Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume); illustrations
  • Language: English
  • Keywords: R (Computer program language) ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; local
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  • Footnote: Date of publication from resource description page. - "From R packages by Hadley Wickham"--Cover. - Description based on online resource; title from title page (Safari, viewed January 11, 2017)
  • Description: R packages are a great way to share and create code that you and others can use over and over again. Why is it important? Developing R code for inclusion in a package is different than simply writing R scripts. What you'll learn-and how you can apply it Learn best practices for writing R code for packages: organizing your functions, code style recommendations, understanding and planning for how code will be run. Plan for the "unknowns" once you release a package to the world. Also includes hints for submitting a package to CRAN. This lesson is for you because... You're an R developer and need to package code so that others can reuse it You want to prepare a package to submit to CRAN Prerequisites Some familiarity with the R language Materials or downloads needed in advance Install R Install RStudio This lesson is taken from R Packages by Hadley Wickham.