Good Software Engineering Practice for R Packages

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Good Software Engineering Practice for R Packages
(July 20 @SJSU)

Presenters:
Ya Wang, Senior Manager of Biostatistics, Gilead Sciences
Laura Harris, Biostatistician, Denali Therapeutics
Matt Secrest, Senior Data Scientist, Genentech

| 09:00 - 09:30 | Introduction (Ya, Laura, Matt)

- What you will learn today

| - Program outline |
| ----------------- |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | |

- Structure and syntax

- Exercise: set up a new R package |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Coffee Break (included) |
| 10:45 - 11:45 | An R Package Engineering Workflow (Laura)

- Workflow for creating R packages

- Exercise: R package programming, roxygen documentation |
| 11:45 - 12:45 | Lunch Break (included) |
| 12:45 - 13:45 | Ensuring Quality (Matt)

- Clean code rules, package testing, code style

- Exercise: apply clean code rules, add unit tests, check, spelling, test coverage |
| 13:45 - 14:45 | Version Control & Collaboration (Matt)

- Version control, git and GitHub as an example of collaborative coding platforms, live demo

- Exercise: set up repositories, invite collaborators, manage change, integration with automatic quality control |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Coffee Break (included) |
| 15:00 - 15:45 | Publication (Ya)

- CI/CD and tags on GitHub, versioning, CRAN requirements, R-Hub for checks, pkgdown, licensing

Exercise: look at checks on GitHub, deployment of pkgdown, run CRAN like check |
| 15:45 - 16:30 | Shiny Development (Ya)

- Design, architecture, modules, reactivity, testing, security, packaging, deployment |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Conclusion (Ya)

Discussion of learning experience, summary of workflow, conclusion, possible next steps for participants |

Location: San Jose State University Student Union 4A+4B
Lunch and snacks will be provided
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