This week we saw how to build a basic R package, document its contents, write unit tests, and create a vignette and website to better display the package’s purpose and contents. Your assignment this week is to write a short description of your favorite package (or a package that you find yourself using quite often). Your write-up should include the following elements.
What is the package’s title?
From where can you install this package on the web? Is it on CRAN or GitHub or both?
Does the package have any formal vignettes, or just the standard collection of help files? If there are one or more vignettes, what topics do they cover?
Are there any applications of the package, as demonstrated on a website like we built, someone’s blog, Twitter post, etc? If so, describe some of them.
Write a short (<300 words) review of the package. What is the primary purpose of the package (eg, is used for plotting, reading or scraping data, manipulating data, statistical modeling, etc)? What are the things you like about the package? Are there things you don’t like or wish it did differently? Was the package easy to learn how to use? Would you recommend this package to someone else?
Please create a new repo called assignment-7 and
populate it with a README.md. You can then edit the
README.md file to include the above information. When you
are finished, invite Mark as a collaborator. After he accepts your
invite, tag him in an issue that briefly introduces your
assignment. Last, please choose one of the options below and note that
in your issue.
I am OK with Mark posting my review to the course website and he can use my name (i.e., attribute the review to me).
I am OK with Mark posting my review to the course website but please do not use my name (i.e., make it anonymous).
Please do not post my review.