Building R Packages

This course is part of the Mastering Software Development in R Specialization

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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.

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Mastering Software Development in R Specialization

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Approx. 21 hours to complete

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Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish

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Programming ToolGithubContinuous IntegrationR Programming

Learner Career Outcomes

25%

started a new career after completing these courses

14%

got a tangible career benefit from this course

Flexible deadlines

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Course 3 of 5 in the

Mastering Software Development in R Specialization

Intermediate Level

Approx. 21 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish

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Roger D. Peng, PhD

Associate Professor, Biostatistics

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Brooke Anderson

Assistant Professor, Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences

Colorado State University

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5 Courses

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Johns Hopkins University

The mission of The Johns Hopkins University is to educate its students and cultivate their capacity for life-long learning, to foster independent and original research, and to bring the benefits of discovery to the world.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

3 hours to complete

Getting Started with R Packages

3 hours to complete

1 video (Total 2 min), 16 readings, 1 quiz

1 video

Welcome to Building R Packages2m

16 readings

Before You Start10m

Using Mac OS10m

Using Windows10m

Using Unix/Linux10m

R packages10m

Basic Structure of an R Package10m

DESCRIPTION File10m

NAMESPACE File10m

Namespace Function Notation10m

Loading and Attaching a Package Namespace10m

The R Sub-directory10m

The man Sub-directory10m

Summary10m

The devtools package10m

Creating a Package10m

Other Functions10m

1 practice exercise

R Package and devtools30m

Week

Week 2

7 hours to complete

Documentation and Testing

7 hours to complete

14 readings

Week

Week 3

5 hours to complete

Licensing, Version Control, and Software Design

5 hours to complete

25 readings

25 readings

Overview10m

The General Public License10m

The MIT License10m

The CC0 License10m

Overview10m

Paying it Forward10m

Linus’s Law10m

Hiring10m

Summary10m

Introduction10m

git10m

Initializing a git repository10m

Committing10m

Browsing History10m

Linking local repo to GitHub repo10m

Syncing RStudio and GitHub10m

Issues10m

Pull Request10m

Merge Conflicts10m

Introduction10m

The Unix Philosophy10m

Default Values10m

Naming Things10m

Playing Well With Others10m

Summary10m

1 practice exercise

Testing, GitHub, and Open Source30m

Week

Week 4

6 hours to complete

Continuous Integration and Cross Platform Development

6 hours to complete

13 readings

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TOP REVIEWS FROM BUILDING R PACKAGES

by KMJun 3, 2019

Fantastic course... Unfortunately, not too many people registered, it's tough to get your assignments graded. The program is the great continuation to the 10 course R data science specialization...

by MEJan 15, 2017

Very good course for intermediate/advanced R users. Sad that you are elegible to do assignments only if you pay.

by CBMar 29, 2017

This is a critical skill and it's barely covered anywhere else. Thanks for making this course!

by CIOct 6, 2017

Overall, this was a good course to learn the intricacies of building R packages.

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About the Mastering Software Development in R Specialization

R is a programming language and a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics, widely used by data analysts, data scientists and statisticians. This Specialization covers R software development for building data science tools. As the field of data science evolves, it has become clear that software development skills are essential for producing and scaling useful data science results and products.

This Specialization will give you rigorous training in the R language, including the skills for handling complex data, building R packages, and developing custom data visualizations. You’ll be introduced to indispensable R libraries for data manipulation, like tidyverse, and data visualization and graphics, like ggplot2. You’ll learn modern software development practices to build tools that are highly reusable, modular, and suitable for use in a team-based environment or a community of developers. This Specialization is designed to serve both data analysts, who may want to gain more familiarity with hands-on, fundamental software skills for their everyday work, as well as data mining experts and data scientists, who may want to use R to scale their developing and programming skills, and further their careers as data science experts.

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Building R Packages

About this Course

Learner Career Outcomes

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14%

Skills you will gain

Learner Career Outcomes

25%

14%

Instructors

Roger D. Peng, PhD

Brooke Anderson

Offered by

Johns Hopkins University

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week 1

Getting Started with R Packages

Week 2

Documentation and Testing

Week 3

Licensing, Version Control, and Software Design

Week 4

Continuous Integration and Cross Platform Development

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Roger D. Peng, PhD

Brooke Anderson

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Johns Hopkins University

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week 1

Getting Started with R Packages

Week 2

Documentation and Testing

Week 3

Licensing, Version Control, and Software Design

Week 4

Continuous Integration and Cross Platform Development

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