R Package Development Workshop Series

Join this short course to learn how to create an R package, run as a series of four 1-hour modules on Mondays 16:00-17:00 UTC:

17 Jan: Packages in a nutshell https://forwards.github.io/workshops/package-dev-modules/slides/01-packages-in-a-nutshell/About.html

• what a package is and why you might want to write one.

24 Jan: Setting up your system
https://forwards.github.io/workshops/package-dev-modules/slides/02-setting-up-system/About.html

• how to set up your Windows, Mac or Linux system for package development

31 Jan: Your first package
https://forwards.github.io/workshops/package-dev-modules/slides/03-your-first-package/About.html

• how to make version controlled package linked to a remote repository on GitHub

7 Feb: Package documentation
https://forwards.github.io/workshops/package-dev-modules/slides/04-package-documentation/About.html

• from DESCRIPTION files to pkgdown sites

The modules will use the materials developed by Forwards, the taskforce for underrepresented groups in the R community (https://forwards.github.io/).

Your tutors will be Heather Turner (https://twitter.com/HeathrTurnr) and Rita Giordano (https://twitter.com/rgiordano79).