Make your own R package from scratch with Stephanie Kirmer

Please RSVP here (not absolutely necessary but will speed up the process on Tuesday night for us!):
https://makeyourownrpackagefromscratchwithuptakedatascient.splashthat.com/

• What we'll do
In this hands-on tutorial, Stephanie Kirmer from Uptake will introduce you to building your very own R package. If you've used R, you've almost certainly used a package - but did you know that building your own package is actually not hard at all? If you have written bits of useful code you want to keep and return to, you might want a package.

After this session, you'll have the skills to start a package and document your functions, and resources to use for next steps like vignettes and unit testing. If you like, bring an R function you have written, or follow along using provided scripts.

No experience with any package building (or even function writing) is necessary to follow along with this tutorial.

Stephanie is a data scientist at Uptake, and along with the tutorial, a recruiter from Uptake will be on hand to talk to anyone thinking about applying to work there, so bring your resume too!

Schedule:
6:00-6:15--Food and introductions
6:15-6:30--Recap of rstudio::conf by Amanda & Angela
6:30-7:15--Workshop with Stephanie
7:15-8:00--Questions, recruiting pitch from Uptake, networking

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• What to bring
Photo ID, computer, resume (if interested in working at Uptake)

• Important to know
Please make sure you submit your full name when you RSVP.