R Packages and You

Abstract

R Package development has flourished over the past five years. In 2016 only three new R packages were added to the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) each day. In 2021 that rate shot up to 17 new daily packages and in 2022 the R community currently averages 36 new packages per day! This increase, while driven by many other factors, owes a lot to the wealth of resources and tools for package development that have recently entered the R atmosphere. While back in the dark ages creating a package would have been a long and arduous task, today’s tools alleviate most of the technical complexities of package development and allow you to focus on what matters. This talk will showcase a selection of the tools that help automate package development while encouraging you to go forth and create a package of your own.