Building R Packages
Master the development of professional R packages with documentation, testing, continuous integration, and CRAN submission preparation.
Master the development of professional R packages with documentation, testing, continuous integration, and CRAN submission preparation.
This course cannot be purchased separately - to access the complete learning experience, graded assignments, and earn certificates, you'll need to enroll in the full Mastering Software Development in R Specialization program. You can audit this specific course for free to explore the content, which includes access to course materials and lectures. This allows you to learn at your own pace without any financial commitment.
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What you'll learn
Create and structure professional R packages
Write comprehensive documentation and vignettes
Implement testing and continuous integration
Prepare packages for CRAN submission
Master version control with Git and GitHub
Skills you'll gain
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2 quizzes
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There are 4 modules in this course
This comprehensive course teaches students how to develop and distribute R packages following community standards. The curriculum covers package structure, documentation writing, testing implementation, cross-platform development, and continuous integration. Students learn to create robust software packages suitable for CRAN submission, including proper documentation, vignettes, and automated testing.
Getting Started with R Packages
Module 1 · 3 Hours to complete
Documentation and Testing
Module 2 · 6 Hours to complete
Licensing, Version Control, and Software Design
Module 3 · 4 Hours to complete
Continuous Integration and Cross Platform Development
Module 4 · 6 Hours to complete
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Instructors
Pioneering Research in Environmental Health
Dr. Anderson is an Assistant Professor at Colorado State University in the Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences and a Faculty Associate in the Department of Statistics. She is actively involved in the university’s Partnership of Air Quality, Climate, and Health and serves on the editorial boards of Epidemiology and Environmental Health Perspectives. Previously, she completed a postdoctoral appointment in Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and earned her PhD in Engineering from Yale University. Her research focuses on health risks related to climate-related exposures, such as heat waves and air pollution, and she has conducted several national-level studies. Dr. Anderson has also developed open-source R software packages to enhance environmental epidemiologic research.
Professor of Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Roger D. Peng is a Professor of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and serves as a Co-Editor of the Simply Statistics blog. He earned his PhD in Statistics from the University of California, Los Angeles, and is recognized for his research in air pollution, health risk assessment, and statistical methods for environmental data. In 2016, he received the Mortimer Spiegelman Award from the American Public Health Association, honoring his significant contributions to health statistics. Dr. Peng developed the Statistical Programming course at Johns Hopkins to equip students with essential computational tools for data analysis. Additionally, he is a national leader in promoting reproducible research practices and serves as the Reproducible Research editor for the journal Biostatistics. His interdisciplinary research has been published in prestigious journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association and the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. He has authored over a dozen software packages that implement statistical methods for environmental studies and reproducible research, and he regularly conducts workshops and tutorials on statistical computing and data analysis.
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