schedule and topics

[malcolmbarrett]

First day: R package development

• R package basics, usethis
• testing
• internal data
• whole game: https://r-pkgs.org/whole-game.html

Second day: Topics in internal packages

• Set up live databases to practice connecting to (create MySQL DB with sample data through AWS)
• Report templates (possibly using ymlthis for standard yaml)
• opening and editing files (usethis helpers?)
• Themes (e.g. ggplot, palette functions, css, formatters for style guides (e.g. rounding))
• Where should I host my package? (Git services, S3, tar.gz, RStudio Package Manager?)
• Hosting documentation internally? R Markdown sites, distill, pkgdown
• wrapper functions for plotting and analysis
• automation, particularly in reporting (cron jobs, connect, emailing)
• Shiny app functions (local shiny apps, helper functions for dashboards etc)
• logging (https://github.com/daroczig/logger)
• using httr? set up something with plumbr to play with
• maintaining and feedback?
• slack/google drive etc helpers?

[malcolmbarrett]

As closing material, perhaps point people to resources like drake, research compendiums, and holepunch for additional strategies

[malcolmbarrett]

include "helping others contribute" section using usethis pr_*() functions?