Build an R package

An intermediate R course for people who want to build their first R package.

There are many benefits to turning your R scripts or functions into a package, like making your code easier to re-use, easier to share with others, easier to document, and easier to test. But the process of writing a package can feel intimidating, especially if you haven’t done it before. But it doesn’t need to!

Learning outcomes:

• Know what things you need to make a package and how to create them
• How to write functions (in a package-friendly way) and add them to a package
• How to write documentation and examples for functions
• Best practices for package development
• How to share your package with other people

Pre-requisites:

• The session aims to be introductory, so you don’t need any previous experience of building R packages (or even writing functions!) but some basic knowledge of R will be useful.
• The session will use the following R packages:
  • devtools
  • usethis
  • roxygen2
  • stringr (optional)

Time: 2 hours.

Course website: nrennie.rbind.io/training-r-packages