Project management
Saving the source and blank slates
library(tidyverse) library(here) set.seed(1234) theme_set(theme_minimal()) Save source, not the workspace Your workspace in R is the current working environment. It includes any libraries you have loaded using library(), any user-defined objects (e.
Project-oriented workflow
library(tidyverse) library(here) set.seed(1234) theme_set(theme_minimal()) In saving the source and blank slates, we discouraged the habit of starting R scripts with rm(list = ls()), because it doesn’t actually achieve the intended goal: to reset things.
Use safe filepaths
library(tidyverse) set.seed(1234) theme_set(theme_minimal()) How can you avoid setwd() at the top of every script? Organize each logical project into a folder on your computer. Make sure the top-level folder advertises itself as such.
A dive into R Markdown
Run the code below in your console to download this exercise as a set of R scripts. usethis::use_course("cis-ds/a-deep-dive-into-r-markdown") Reproducibility in scientific research Reproducibility is “the idea that data analyses, and more generally, scientific claims, are published with their data and software code so that others may verify the findings and build upon them.
R startup procedures
library(tidyverse) set.seed(1234) theme_set(theme_minimal()) R offers the ability to customize its startup procedures. That is, every time an R process is initiated, users can define custom R code to evaluate before the session begins.
Recovering from common Git predicaments
I don’t want a bunch of these files committed Which files should you commit in your Git repository, and which files are safe to ignore? What you should commit Source files - things like R Markdown (.