DRY R Package Development

This presentation contains tips on how to develop R packages without violating the DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) Principle in

• documentation
• unit testing
• vignette setup
• data
• conditions

Link to slides: https://www.indrapatil.com/dry-r-package-development/

Development

This project uses R 4.6.0 or later (declared in DESCRIPTION), Quarto for rendering slides, and just as a command runner.

Prerequisites

# Install just (macOS)
brew install just

Setup

just install

Just Commands

just help     # Show all available commands
just install  # Install R dependencies from DESCRIPTION
just render   # Render slides to HTML
just preview  # Start a live preview with auto-reload
just open     # Alias for preview (live-reload dev server over localhost)
just clean    # Remove generated files and caches
just check    # Check the Quarto and R version setup
just          # Install dependencies and start live-reload preview

Feedback

Feedback and suggestions are welcome in the issue tracker.