About this course: Writing good code for data science is only part of the job. In order to maximizing the usefulness and reusability of data science software, code must be organized and distributed in a manner that adheres to community-based standards and provides a good user experience. This course covers the primary means by which R software is organized and distributed to others. We cover R package development, writing good documentation and vignettes, writing robust software, cross-platform development, continuous integration tools, and distributing packages via CRAN and GitHub. Learners will produce R packages that satisfy the criteria for submission to CRAN.
Created by: Johns Hopkins University
Taught by: Roger D. Peng, PhD, Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Taught by: Brooke Anderson, Assistant Professor, Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences
Colorado State University
| Basic Info | Course 3 of 5 in the Mastering Software Development in R Specialization |
| Level | Intermediate |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Syllabus
WEEK 1
Getting Started with R Packages
1 video, 16 readings
- Leitura: Before You Start
- Leitura: Using Mac OS
- Leitura: Using Windows
- Leitura: Using Unix/Linux
- Leitura: R packages
- Leitura: Basic Structure of an R Package
- Leitura: DESCRIPTION File
- Leitura: NAMESPACE File
- Leitura: Namespace Function Notation
- Leitura: Loading and Attaching a Package Namespace
- Leitura: The R Sub-directory
- Leitura: The man Sub-directory
- Leitura: Summary
- Leitura: The devtools package
- Leitura: Creating a Package
- Leitura: Other Functions
Graded: R Package and devtools
WEEK 2
Documentation and Testing
14 readings
- Leitura: Documentation
- Leitura: Vignette's and README Files
- Leitura: Knitr / Markdown
- Leitura: Common knitr Options
- Leitura: Help Files and roxygen2
- Leitura: Common roxygen2 Tags
- Leitura: Overview
- Leitura: Data for Demos
- Leitura: Internal Data
- Leitura: Data Packages
- Leitura: Summary
- Leitura: Introduction
- Leitura: The testthat Package
- Leitura: Passing CRAN Checks
Graded: Documenting Code
WEEK 3
Licensing, Version Control, and Software Design
25 readings
- Leitura: Overview
- Leitura: The General Public License
- Leitura: The MIT License
- Leitura: The CC0 License
- Leitura: Overview
- Leitura: Paying it Forward
- Leitura: Linus’s Law
- Leitura: Hiring
- Leitura: Summary
- Leitura: Introduction
- Leitura: git
- Leitura: Initializing a git repository
- Leitura: Committing
- Leitura: Browsing History
- Leitura: Linking local repo to GitHub repo
- Leitura: Syncing RStudio and GitHub
- Leitura: Issues
- Leitura: Pull Request
- Leitura: Merge Conflicts
- Leitura: Introduction
- Leitura: The Unix Philosophy
- Leitura: Default Values
- Leitura: Naming Things
- Leitura: Playing Well With Others
- Leitura: Summary
Graded: Testing, GitHub, and Open Source
WEEK 4
Continuous Integration and Cross Platform Development
13 readings
- Leitura: Overview
- Leitura: Web Services for Continuous Integration
- Leitura: Using Travis
- Leitura: Using AppVeyor
- Leitura: Summary
- Leitura: Introduction
- Leitura: Handling Paths
- Leitura: Saving Files & rappdirs
- Leitura: rappdirs
- Leitura: Options and Starting R
- Leitura: Package Installation
- Leitura: Environmental Attributes
- Leitura: Summary
Graded: Building an R Package
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Johns Hopkins University
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