R Packages, 9781098134945
Paperback
Share your R code: Build packages quickly and effectively.

R Packages

organize, test, document, and share your code

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    250 pages

  • Release Date

    31 July 2023

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Summary

Turn your R code into packages that others can easily download and use. This practical book shows you how to bundle reusable R functions, sample data, and documentation together by applying the package development philosophy used in the package known as the tidyverse (and beyond). In the process, you’ll work with devtools, usethis, roxygen2, and testthat, a set of R packages that automate common development tasks. Ideal for developers and data scientists, this book gets you creating packages …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781098134945
ISBN-10:109813494X
Author:Hadley Wickham, Jenny Bryan
Publisher:O'Reilly Media
Imprint:O'Reilly Media
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:250
Edition:2nd
Release Date:31 July 2023
Weight:674g
Dimensions:233mm x 178mm
About The Author

Hadley Wickham

Hadley Wickham is Chief Scientist at RStudio and a member of the R Foundation. He builds tools (both computational and cognitive) that make data science easier, faster, and more fun. His work includes packages for data science (ggplot2, dplyr, tidyr), data ingest (readr, readxl, haven), and principled software development (roxygen2, testthat, devtools). He is also a writer, educator, and frequent speaker promoting the use of R for data science.

Jennifer Bryan is a Software Engineer at RStudio and a member of the R Foundation. She part of the tidyverse team that collectively maintains >150 R packages. Jennifer maintains packages for importing tabular data (readxl, googlesheets4, readr, vroom), working with Google APIs (googledrive, gargle, gmailr), and simplifying development workflows (reprex, usethis, devtools). In her first career, Jennifer was an Associate Professor of Statistics at the University of British Columbia, where she created courses and programs in what we now know as data science.

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