Software Development
I have developed software packages for generative art, data analysis, data visualisation; and outlier detection. The source code for all of my publicly available software packages can be found on GitHub.
R
ggflowchart
{ggflowchart} is an R package for creating flowchart diagrams using {ggplot2}.
doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.ggflowchart
CRAN: cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ggflowchart
GitHub: github.com/nrennie/ggflowchart
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/ggflowchart
PrettyCols
{PrettyCols} is an R package containing aesthetically pleasing colour palettes. The structure of the package is based on code from the {PNWColors}, {wesanderson}, and {MetBrewer} packages.
doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.PrettyCols
CRAN: cran.r-project.org/web/packages/PrettyCols
GitHub: github.com/nrennie/PrettyCols
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/PrettyCols
RSSthemes
{RSSthemes} is an R package for styling graphics for RSS publications. This package accompanies the Best Practices for Data Visualisation guidance, published by the Royal Statistical Society, which can be found at rss.org.uk/datavisguide.
doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.RSSthemes
CRAN: cran.r-project.org/web/packages/RSSthemes
GitHub: github.com/nrennie/RSSthemes
Documentation: royal-statistical-society.github.io/datavisguide/docs/tools
aRt
{aRt} is an R package to create generative art, using {ggplot2} graphics.
GitHub: github.com/nrennie/aRt
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/aRt
aRtData
{aRtData} is an R package containing data used in the {aRt} package. Data generating functions are available, and the data included in the package use the default values from the functions in {aRt}.
GitHub: github.com/nrennie/aRtData
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/aRtData
funcnetout
{funcnetout} is an R package for detecting functional outliers in a network setting, with options for online or offline detection.
GitHub: github.com/nrennie/funcnetout
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/funcnetout
ggalttext
{ggalttext} is an R package which generates alt text for plots created in {ggplot2}.
GitHub: github.com/nrennie/ggalttext
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/alttext
ggtextcircle
{ggtextcircle} is a {ggplot2} extension R package which contains geom
and stat
functions for plotting angled text in a (partial) circle.
GitHub: github.com/nrennie/ggtextcircle
LondonMarathon
{LondonMarathon} is an R package containing two data sets about London Marathon scraped from Wikipedia.
messy
For the purposes of teaching, it is often desirable to show examples of working with messy data and how to clean it. The {messy} R package creates messy data from clean, tidy dataframes so that students have a clean example to work towards.
GitHub: github.com/nrennie/messy
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/messy
simnetdemand
{simnetdemand} is an R package used to simulate demand patterns for different types of transport network.
GitHub: github.com/nrennie/simnetdemand
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/simnetdemand
usefunc
{usefunc} is an R package containing some additional useful functions.
GitHub: github.com/nrennie/usefunc
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/usefunc
WBLifeExpectancy
{WBLifeExpectancy} is an R package for analysing and visualising World Bank life expectancy data. It was created and used for the analysis in the Significance article We’re not getting any younger! Or should that be “older”?
GitHub: github.com/nrennie/WBLifeExpectancy
Documentation: nrennie.rbind.io/WBLifeExpectancy
Python
PrettyCols
PrettyPyCols
is a Python package containing aesthetically pleasing colour palettes. It’s a Python implementation of the {PrettyCols} R package.
GitHub: github.com/nrennie/PrettyPyCols
Quarto Extensions
PrettyPDF
PrettyPDF
is a Quarto extension which provides LaTeX templates and styling to create aesthetically pleasing PDF documents.
GitHub: github.com/nrennie/PrettyPDF
PrettyTypst
PrettyTypst
is a Quarto extension which provides Typst templates and styling to create aesthetically pleasing PDF documents using Typst.
GitHub: github.com/nrennie/PrettyTypst