January 25, 2019 |
vctrs is a new package that provides tools (cognitive and computational) to ensure that functions behave consistently with respect to inputs of varying length and type. The end goal of vctrs is...
January 25, 2019 |
For nearly 20 years, I've been developing, maintaining, and supporting an R package, R/qtl, for mapping quantitative trait loci (genetic loci that contribute to variation in...
January 24, 2019 |
What does it mean to say software is, to quote one Twitter user, ‘so f***ing magical!’? In the context of our popular community hobby of rating and sharing R packages, the term ‘magic’ seems...
January 24, 2019 |
My talk will discuss how R, the Tidyverse, and the community around R helped me to learn to code and create my first R package. My positive experiences with the resources for learning R and...
January 24, 2019 |
Software dependencies can often be a double-edged sword. On one hand, they let you take advantage of others' work, giving your software marvelous new features and reducing bugs.
May 9, 2018 |
The R-hub builder is an R package build and continuous integration service. It aims to simplify the R package development process: creating a package, building binaries and continuous integration.