Welcome and introduction

R package development workshop

Heather Turner and Ella Kaye
Department of Statistics

June 26, 2024

Hello!

Instructors

Ella Kaye

Research Software Engineer

Department of Statistics

University of Warwick

https://warwick.ac.uk/ellakaye

Heather Turner

RSE Fellow

Department of Statistics

University of Warwick

https://warwick.ac.uk/heatherturner

Course material

Schedule: Wednesday June 26th

Time Session Presenter
10:30–10:40 Welcome and introduction Ella Kaye, Heather Turner
10:40–12:00 Package foundations Ella Kaye
12:00–12:45 Lunch
12:45–14:15 Function documentation and dependencies Ella Kaye
14:15–15:00 Coffee break
15:00–16:30 Testing Heather Turner

Note

Propose a slight shift in times in the middle of the day.

Is this OK? (Will go back to original times if this causes issues for anyone.)

Schedule: Thursday June 27th

Time Session Presenter
10:30–12:00 Package check and documentation Ella Kaye
12:00–13:00 Lunch
13:00–14:30 Packaging data; Publication and maintenance Ella Kaye
14:30–15:00 Coffee break
15:00–16:30 Rcpp in packages Heather Turner

SkillsForge

Sign-up on SkillsForge for credit there (assuming you attend the whole workshop).

Or, go to https://skillsforge.warwick.ac.uk and search for “ST5”.

Warwick Award

Register at https://warwick.ac.uk/warwickaward.

You’ll then receive an email to write a reflection.

Search ‘R Package Development Workshop’ on the Warwick Award platform.

Register

Need to take a register now, and again at end of penultimate session, so we know who gets credit.

Let’s begin…