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Course Outline
Learning Outcomes
Materials
Prior Knowledge

Course Outline

Participants can bring their own code or they can use the provided example code to write a fully functional R package.

Why create an R package.
What is in an R package.
Writing documentation with {roxygen2}.
Creating packages with RStudio.
Distributing your package.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the day participants will…

have an understanding of CRAN and how R packages work
be able to document package functions
be able to add datasets, vignettes and unit tests to an R package
have produced their own working R package

Materials

Prior Knowledge

It is assumed that all applicants have a basic knowledge of R. Attending the Introduction to R course and programming with R is sufficient.

Training Course Details

Building an R Package

Course Level: Advanced