String interpolation, evaluating a variable name to a value within a string, isa feature of many programming languages including Python, Julia, Javascript,Rust, and most Unix Shells. R's `sprintf()` and `paste()` functions provide some of this …
Talk on a proof of concept in writing alternative parsers that could be used within R packages, as well as the [altparsers](https://github.com/jimhester/altparsers) package used to orchestrate them. This would let package authors experiment with …
Creating an R package can be a daunting task if you have only used R interactively, in notebooks or scripts. This talk will demystify the process creation process by going from a simple R script and turning it into a fully fledged package complete …
Talk on R package development best practices. Focuses on using the devtools package and associated workflows to improve your rate of package development.
Getting data into and out of databases is one of the most fundamental parts of data science. Much of the world’s data is stored in databases, including traditional databases such as SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle, as well as …